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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The air fryer takes the humble food of the plains and Rust Belt—wings, fries, onion rings, nuggets, yesterday's pizza—and crisps it up for you at home.
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Matthew Korfhage, WIRED, 6 Feb. 2025
Chicken tenders and/or nuggets (22 percent), nachos (21 percent) and pizza (20 percent) also made the top 10 ranking of foods that would make the ideal plate.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
The interview will be pre-taped at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla.
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—Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 3 Feb. 2025
Sam McGee’s sells products made in Alaska, while Poker Creek Gold carries gold nuggets and gold quartz jewelry, and more.
—Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2025
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Matthew Korfhage, WIRED, 6 Feb. 2025
Chicken tenders and/or nuggets (22 percent), nachos (21 percent) and pizza (20 percent) also made the top 10 ranking of foods that would make the ideal plate.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
The interview will be pre-taped at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla.
Ready for some more recent newsy nuggets?
—Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 3 Feb. 2025
Sam McGee’s sells products made in Alaska, while Poker Creek Gold carries gold nuggets and gold quartz jewelry, and more.
—Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2025
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“Nugget.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nugget. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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nugget
noun
nug·get
ˈnəg-ət 
: a solid lump especially of precious metal
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