Nugget

English

Noun

Nugget (countable and uncountable; plural Nuggets)

1. (countable) A small, compact chunk or clump.

   a gold nugget

2. (countable) A tidbit of something valuable.

   a nugget of wisdom

3. (uncountable) A type of boot polish.
4. (countable) A bud from the Cannabis sativa plant. Usually implies dankness.
5. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought): (countable, slang) An inexperienced, newly trained fighter pilot.

Derived terms

• nuggety
• chicken nugget

Thesaurus

bar, batch, block, bulk, bullion, chunk, clod, clump, coin gold, coin silver, copper, gob, gold, gold nugget, hunch, hunk, ingot, loaf, lump, mass, nickel, pat, precious metals, quantity, silver, wad, yellow stuff

Pronunciation

• enPR: nŭg'ət, IPA: /ˈnʌɡət/, SAMPA: /"nVg@t/

Translations

small chunk or clump

Danish: klump (da) Dutch: steen (nl) Esperanto: ciro (eo) Finnish: hippu (fi) Italian: pepita (it) f.

Polish: bryłka Portuguese: pepita (pt) f. Russian: самородок (ru) m. Spanish: pepita (es)

tidbit

Finnish: tiedonmuru

boot polish

bud of Cannabis plant

inexperienced fighter pilot