nugget
A small, compact chunk or clumpA small, compact chunk or clump.
» I love chicken nuggets.
Meaning
10 senses(countable)A small, compact chunk or clump.
a gold nugget
Klumpen
саморо́докsamoródok, кусо́кkusók
(countable)A chicken nugget.
(countable)A tidbit of something valuable.
a nugget of wisdom
a nugget of truth
(countable)A small piece of tasty food, a tidbit.
(uncountable)A type of boot polish.
(countable)A bud from the Cannabis sativa plant, especially one that is potent.
(countable, slang)An inexperienced, newly trained fighter pilot.
(countable, uncountable)A partial description gleaned from data mining.
(countable, offensive, slang)A person with no arms or legs; a basket case.
(Australia, countable, slang)An item that is typically old and of dubious quality or poor condition.
- a solid lump of a precious metal (especially gold) as found in the earth
Examples
20 sentencesI love chicken nuggets.
I have a gold nugget.
This is a gold nugget.
I ate chicken nuggets.
ruЯ поел куриных наггетсов.
This project is a gold nugget.
Цей проект - золотий самородок.
Translations
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Origin
Uncertain, first attested in reference to animals & people in Scotland and in reference toUncertain, first attested in reference to animals & people in Scotland and in reference to ore chunks in Australia. Possibly from southern English nug (“lump, block”) or Scottish knudge/nudge (“short, sturdy person or animal”) + -et (“forming diminutives”) or from rebracketed alteration of an ingot as a ni(n)got.
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Forms
plural: nuggetsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable