nug

English

A small nug

Etymology

From nugget.

Pronunciation

• Audio (AU):

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Noun

nug (plural nugs)

1. (slang) A piece of marijuana.
   • 2006, Jason King, The Cannabible 3, p. 25:

     A deep inhalation of a fresh ground-up nug leaves you with a giant smile and a tingly nose.

2. (slang) A chicken nugget.
   • 2012, Mike Lacher, On the Bro'd: A Parody of Jack Kerouac’s On the Road (page 71)

     A lotta times I grabbed bags of frozen chicken nuggets to take home. “You know what they say,” Ricky would be like. “Dude's gotta have nugs.”

Synonyms

• bud

References

• The Routledge dictionary of modern American slang and unconventional English, by Tom Dalzell, Eric Partridge, p. 703

Anagrams

• GNU, Ngu, Ung, gnu, gun

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Welsh

Verb

nug

1. Nasal mutation of dug.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
dug	ddug	nug	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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White Hmong

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nu˧˩̤/

Verb

nug

1. to ask; to question.

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN.