nugget

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === enPR: nŭg'ət, IPA(key): /ˈnʌɡət/ === Noun === nugget (countable and uncountable, plural nuggets) (countable) A small, compact chunk or clump. (countable) A chicken nugget. (countable) A tidbit of something valuable. (countable) A small piece of tasty food, a tidbit. (uncountable) A type of boot polish. (countable) A bud from the Cannabis sativa plant, especially one that is potent. (countable, slang) An inexperienced, newly trained fighter pilot. (computing theory) A partial description gleaned from data mining. (slang, countable) A person with no arms or legs; a basket case. (Australia, slang, countable) An item that is typically old and of dubious quality or poor condition. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Portuguese: nugget ==== Translations ==== === Verb === nugget (third-person singular simple present nuggets, present participle nuggeting or (rare) nuggetting, simple past and past participle nuggeted or (rare) nuggetted) To find nuggets (of something valuable) (slang, Australia, New Zealand) To smear a male's genitals or anus with boot polish or similar substance against his will. === References === “nugget, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. “nugget v.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present == French == === Etymology === English nugget === Noun === nugget m (plural nuggets) (France, food) a chicken nugget Synonyms: croquette de poulet, nugget de poulet (France, by extension) a croquette, a food item shaped like a chicken nugget, with a crispy exterior Synonym: croquette ==== Derived terms ==== == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English nugget. === Pronunciation === === Noun === nugget m (plural nuggets) chicken nugget == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English nugget. === Noun === nugget c a gold nugget a nugget (food product, for example a chicken nugget) === References === “nugget”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)