nugget
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Uncertain, first attested in reference to animals & people in Scotland and in reference to ore chunks in Australia. Possibly from southern English nug (“lump, block”) or Scottish knudge/nudge (“short, sturdy person or animal”) + -et (“forming diminutives”) or from rebracketed alteration of an ingot as a ni(n)got.
Base: nudge
Affixes: -et
Inflected forms:
form: nuggets
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: nuggets
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: nuggeting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: nuggetting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
rare
form: nuggeted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: nuggeted
pos: verb
tags: past
form: nuggetted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
rare
form: nuggetted
pos: verb
tags: past
rare
Senses:
gloss: A small, compact chunk or clump.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: a gold nugget
Rough men brought pickle bottles full of nuggets. Mysterious dirty-looking calico bags were opened, disclosing small quantities of water-worn flaky gold, which had been washed out of the beds of rivers with a cradle.
gloss: A chicken nugget.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: 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?
gloss: A tidbit of something valuable.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: a nugget of wisdom
a nugget of truth
As he has in superb works like “The Source” (based on the Afghanistan war logs leaked by Chelsea Manning) and “Sound From the Bench” (which set excerpts from Supreme Court proceedings), Hearne takes these found-text nuggets and gives them music that moves from lushly meditative to frenetic and obsessively repetitive […]
gloss: A small piece of tasty food, a tidbit.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: A type of boot polish.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: A bud from the Cannabis sativa plant, especially one that is potent.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: An inexperienced, newly trained fighter pilot.
pos: noun
tags: countable
slang
examples: Jack stifled a smirk at the ensign's expressionless non-reaction. He'd been a nugget himself once, the new guy fresh from training.
gloss: A partial description gleaned from data mining.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: We have previously said that the heuristic algorithms produce good nuggets for most classes and most λ values […]
gloss: A person with no arms or legs; a basket case.
pos: noun
tags: countable
offensive
slang
gloss: An item that is typically old and of dubious quality or poor condition.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
countable
slang
gloss: To find nuggets (of something valuable)
pos: verb
examples: The other day, you are told, a fellow nuggetted ten or twenty pounds weight, and, of course, you see no reason why half a hundred weight might not be lying snugly ensconced awaiting the revelations of your pick.
gloss: To smear a male's genitals or anus with boot polish or similar substance against his will.
pos: verb
tags: Australia
New-Zealand
slang
examples: Among the complaints to Dart, “blackballing” or “nuggetting” was the most common form of sexual abuse carried out by recruits, and referred to a boy being forcibly held down “while boot polish, toothpaste or another substance was forcibly smeared on his genitals or anal area, sometimes with a hard brush.”
Derived words: butt nugget
chicken nugget
fuck nugget
gold nugget pleco
McNuggets
nugg
nuggetlike
nugget of truth
nuggety
nuggies
quark nugget
red nugget galaxy
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