mib — ozdic

Definitions

noun

1

Initialism of man in black.

2

Initialism of man in black.

3

Initialism of methylisoborneol.

4

Initialism of motion-induced blindness.

adj

1

mint in box

noun

1

A marble (glass ball used in games), especially one used as a target.

On my first shot of the last game, I hit two mibs, my shooter and one marble exiting the ring, but leaving a snooger, which is a “commie rat” target marble near the rim of the ring.

Thirteen five-eighths-inch marbles (“mibs”) are set in a cross in the center. Each mib should be three inches from its neighboring mib. Each player shoots with a “shooter,” a marble that's one-half to three-quarter inches in diameter.

Collocations

4

ADJ.

focused

VERB + MIB

center, neighboring

MIB + NOUN

player

PREP.

from, on, on

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a unit of information equal to 1024 kibibytes or 2^20 (1,048

megabyte
mebibyte
m
mb

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

3

01

On my first shot of the last game, I hit two mibs, my shooter and one marble exiting the ring, but leaving a snooger, which is a “commie rat” target marble near the rim of the ring.

Wiktionary

02

Thirteen five-eighths-inch marbles (“mibs”) are set in a cross in the center. Each mib should be three inches from its neighboring mib. Each player shoots with a “shooter,” a marble that's one-half to

Wiktionary

03

He focused on the mib on the edge of the group inside the circle. The blue one was his favourite and he had it right where he wanted it.

Wiktionary

Usage Notes

i Register

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