nugget
Americannoun
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a lump of something, as of precious metal.
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a lump of native gold.
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anything of great value, significance, or the like.
nuggets of wisdom.
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a bite-size piece of chicken, fish, etc., usually batter-fried.
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Welding. (in a spot-weld) the metal fused.
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Australian.
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a powerful, heavy animal.
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a strong, thickset man.
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noun
verb
noun
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a small piece or lump, esp of gold in its natural state
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something small but valuable or excellent
Other Word Forms
- nuggety adjective
Etymology
Origin of nugget
1850–55; perhaps diminutive of obsolete nug small piece, variant of nog 2; -et
Example Sentences
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"He's good to give you little pointers and little nuggets of experience that he had in run-ins and things like that, so he's been good as gold," McInnes said.
From Barron's
If you had to name a few typical foods for children, my guess is that you’d list chicken nuggets, pizza, French fries and maybe macaroni and cheese.
He said the chain can sell boneless wings, even though they are essentially chicken nuggets.
A resident in a poor neighbourhood of the former mining town of Springs claimed to have found several nuggets while digging at an outdoor enclosure used for cattle.
From BBC
With countries' diplomatic missions giving little away, journalists tried their luck approaching official-looking types in the hope of extracting nuggets of information.
From Barron's
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