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nugget

[ nuhg-it ]

noun

  1. a lump of something, as of precious metal.
  2. a lump of native gold.
  3. anything of great value, significance, or the like:

    nuggets of wisdom.

  4. a bite-size piece of chicken, fish, etc., usually batter-fried.
  5. Welding. (in a spot-weld) the metal fused.
  6. Australian.
    1. a powerful, heavy animal.
    2. a strong, thickset man.


Nugget

1

/ ˈʌɡɪ /

noun

  1. shoe polish
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. informal.
    tr; sometimes not capital to shine (shoes)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

nugget

2

/ ˈʌɡɪ /

noun

  1. a small piece or lump, esp of gold in its natural state
  2. something small but valuable or excellent
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • Գܲg· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of nugget1

1850–55; perhaps diminutive of obsolete nug small piece, variant of nog 2; -et
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of nugget1

C19: origin unknown
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After being handed a mock-up of McDonald's Island, featuring chicken nuggets dancing around a skirted Big Mac under french fry palm trees, Johnson rattled off a rapid-fire series of self-referential jokes about the show's history.

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These and many other such nuggets were revelatory to me as a newcomer to Bible study.

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Intentional mentorship or not, Miller’s conversations have Snell have already yielded nuggets of wisdom.

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On Jan. 24, Wegmans issued a recall for its store-brand frozen, breaded chicken breast nuggets over possible contamination with extraneous material, specifically bone fragments.

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A woman walks into a machine and gets transformed into a chicken nugget.

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