nugget

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable) A small, compact chunk or clump.
2. (countable) A chicken nugget.
3. (countable) A tidbit of something valuable.
4. (countable) A small piece of tasty food, a tidbit.
5. (uncountable) A type of boot polish.
6. (countable) A bud from the Cannabis sativa plant, especially one that is potent.
7. (countable, slang) An inexperienced, newly trained fighter pilot.
8. (countable, uncountable) A partial description gleaned from data mining.
9. (countable, slang) A person with no arms or legs; a basket case.
10. (Australia, countable, slang) An item that is typically old and of dubious quality or poor condition.

Verb

1. To find nuggets (of something valuable)
2. (Australia, New-Zealand, slang) To smear a male's genitals or anus with boot polish or similar substance against his will.

Synonyms

lump

bullion

chunk

cobble

gibber

glob

gold bar

gold bullion

ingot

natural

primitive

raw

rock

🪨

slug

stone

🪨

unbleached

uncooked

uncut

undressed

virgin

wacke

bowlder

boulder

weld nugget

Translations

pépite

pepita

pepita

Klumpen

pepita

βώλος

Goldklumpen

pepita d’oro

Geröllblock

roh

natürlich

Stein

🪨

unbearbeitet

Felsbrocken

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈnʌɡət/

Etymology

Uncertain, 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.