nugget

Meaning

Noun

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

Verb

1. To find nuggets (of something valuable)
2. (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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈnʌɡət/

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from a rebracketed alteration of an ingot as a ni(n)got. Alternatively, likely a diminutive of dialectal nug (“lump, block”) + -et.