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Mib (noun) means (informal) A small glass ball used in children's games, especially one that other players aim at.

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(informal) A small glass ball used in children's games, especially one that other players aim at.

"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." — Norah L. Lewis, Freedom to Play: We Made Our Own Fun (2002)

"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." — Sean McCollum, For All the Marbles (2002)

"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." — Sean Kelly, At the Crossroads: A Teacher's Journey to Understanding Classroom Conflict (2011)

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