nugget

English

A gold nugget (small, compact chunk).

Pronunciation

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

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

Translations

small chunk or clump

• Bulgarian: къс самородно злато (bg) (kŭs samorodno zlato) 
• Danish: klump (da)
• Dutch: steen (nl)
• Esperanto: ciro (eo)
• Finnish: hippu (fi)
• Italian: pepita (it) f

• Latvian: tīrradnis (lv) m
• Polish: bryłka
• Portuguese: pepita (pt) f
• Russian: самородок (ru) m (samorodok)
• Spanish: pepita (es)

tidbit

• Finnish: tiedonmuru

boot polish

bud of Cannabis plant

inexperienced fighter pilot