nug
nug · nugs
A lump; a blockA lump; a block.
» It's Hanukkah weed. One nug lasted for eight days in the vaporizer.
rul · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 senses(West Country)A lump; a block.
(slang)A piece of marijuana.
(slang)A chicken nugget.
Examples
1 sentencesIt's Hanukkah weed. One nug lasted for eight days in the vaporizer.
Origin
From dialectal nug, nog, knog (“a knot, lump, block, a misshapen mass of anything, peg, liFrom dialectal nug, nog, knog (“a knot, lump, block, a misshapen mass of anything, peg, linchpin”), also found in Scots nug, nugg, nogg (“small block of wood, peg, pin”), of uncertain origin. Probably from earlier *knug, *knugg, *knogg, related to dialectal Norwegian knugg (“knot, knob”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *knuk- (“to ball up, mass together”), making it further related to English knock and knuckle.
Clipping of nugget, from the sense above.
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