nugget

English

A gold nugget (small, compact chunk).

Probably a diminutive of dialectal nug (“lump, block”) +‎ -et.

nugget (countable and uncountable, plural nuggets)

(countable) A small, compact chunk or clump.
a gold nugget
(countable) A chicken nugget.
(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. Usually implies dankness.
(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.
(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 […]

small chunk or clump

tidbit

small piece of food

boot polish

bud of Cannabis plant

inexperienced fighter pilot

Fast food chicken nuggets from McDonald's.

Borrowed from English nugget.

nugget m (plural nuggets)

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