nugget
English
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/GoldNuggetUSGOV.jpg/220px-GoldNuggetUSGOV.jpg)
Etymology
Probably a diminutive of dialectal nug (“lump, block”) + -et.
Pronunciation
Noun
nugget (countable and uncountable, plural nuggets)
- (countable) A small, compact chunk or clump.
- a gold nugget
- (countable) A chicken nugget.
- 2014, Laurie David, The Family Cooks
- By now, we hope you have said “no” to processed nuggets and fingers. Instead, how about taking some real chicken, tossing it with real eggs, a little tangy mustard, and a crunchy quinoa coating?
- 2014, Laurie David, The Family Cooks
- (countable) A tidbit of something valuable.
- a nugget of wisdom
- (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.
- 2009, Nick Scipio, Nereids:
- Jack stifled a smirk at the ensign's expressionless non-reaction. He'd been a nugget himself once, the new guy fresh from training.
- 2009, Nick Scipio, Nereids:
- (computing theory) A partial description gleaned from data mining.
- 2002, Data Mining: A Heuristic Approach (page 93)
- We have previously said that the heuristic algorithms produce good nuggets for most classes and most λ values […]
- 2002, Data Mining: A Heuristic Approach (page 93)
Derived terms
Translations
small chunk or clump
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tidbit
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small piece of food
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boot polish
bud of Cannabis plant
inexperienced fighter pilot
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Portuguese
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Etymology
Noun
nugget m (plural s)
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:nugget.
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