1
: a solid lump
especially
: a native lump of precious metal
2
: tidbit sense 2
nuggets of wisdom
3
: a small usually rounded piece of food
chicken nuggets
Examples of nugget in a Sentence
nuggets of beef in the chow mein
a seemingly inconsequential nugget of information that proved to be the key to cracking the case
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And then sometimes those gold nuggets would rain down on me.
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Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 5 Jan. 2025
Chicken katsu has caught the attention of the fast food giant, not in the United States but in Great Britain, where McDonald’s UK is rumored to be coming out with a katsu wrap sometime in 2025, having already tried chicken katsu nuggets in 2020.
—Fielding Buck, Boston Herald, 1 Jan. 2025
This time for Mama (a minor setback and need a quick/safe procedure) but got to get a quick snuggle with this little nugget first.
—Emily Trainham, Fox News, 29 Dec. 2024
The $1 nuggets can be claimed once a week until December 30.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 20 Dec. 2024
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Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 5 Jan. 2025
Chicken katsu has caught the attention of the fast food giant, not in the United States but in Great Britain, where McDonald’s UK is rumored to be coming out with a katsu wrap sometime in 2025, having already tried chicken katsu nuggets in 2020.
—Fielding Buck, Boston Herald, 1 Jan. 2025
This time for Mama (a minor setback and need a quick/safe procedure) but got to get a quick snuggle with this little nugget first.
—Emily Trainham, Fox News, 29 Dec. 2024
The $1 nuggets can be claimed once a week until December 30.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Nugget.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nugget. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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nugget
noun
nug·get
ˈnəg-ət 
: a solid lump especially of precious metal
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