Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. A small, solid lump, especially of gold.
- n. A small compact portion or unit: nuggets of information.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. A small, compact chunk or clump.
- n. A tidbit of something valuable.
- n. A type of boot polish.
- n. A bud from the Cannabis sativa plant. Usually implies dankness.
- n. : (countable, slang) An inexperienced, newly trained fighter pilot.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. A lump; a mass, esp. a native lump of a precious metal.
- n. Something of value, usually found among many other less valuable things; -- often used figuratively.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A lump; a mass; especially, one of the larger lumps of native gold found in alluvial deposits or placer-mines.
- n. A thick-set, strong, young horse.
- n. A lump of tobacco.
- To steal or appropriate the unbranded calves of (one's neighbors).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. a solid lump of a precious metal (especially gold) as found in the earth
Etymologies
Examples
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Things are no different for MySpace, as this little nugget from a research report published by J.P. Morgan shows:
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Once again, it falls to me to read the complete story that trhe idiot troll posts, and to post this nugget from the same story:
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"For all anybody knows," he said, pointing to a hillside across the creek bottom, "the moss under the snow there may be plumb rooted in nugget gold."
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The current nugget is … Eric Texier, 2000 Hermitage rouge for $69.
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There is one interesting nugget from the CNN topline data that may shed light on what demographic segment might make the biggest difference in Castle's decision.
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A little nugget from a previous post, reprinted just for you:
Think Progress » Chuck Todd: ‘The Tea Party gets a big benefit’ from Fox News’ promotion.
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For the record, the orange nugget is real as rain.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - What I found in my Dorito bag today…
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Another nugget from the article - Chertoff says just one airline is seeing some 9,000 false positives EVERY DAY from this list.
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"Then the murderer, or whoever it was, first took off this ring you call the nugget ring, then the wedding ring, and afterwards put the nugget ring back again."
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Finally, The Monkey Tennis Center has plucked a nugget from a routine New York Times assault on Blackwater, the firm that provides a large proportion of the private security guards in Iraq.
bilby commented on the word nugget
God! A red nugget! A fat egg under a dog!
October 18, 2008