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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: nuggety /ˈnʌɡɪtɪ/ adj - of or resembling a nugget
- Austral NZ informal (of a person) thickset; stocky
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024nug•get /ˈnʌgɪt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a lump, esp. of gold or other precious metal.
- anything small but of great value or significance:nuggets of wisdom.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024nug•get (nug′it),USA pronunciation n. - a lump of something, as of precious metal.
- Metallurgya lump of native gold.
- anything of great value, significance, or the like:nuggets of wisdom.
- Fooda bite-size piece of chicken, fish, etc., usually batter-fried.
- [Welding.](in a spot-weld) the metal fused.
- British Terms[Australian.]
- a powerful, heavy animal.
- a strong, thickset man.
- 1850–55; perh. diminutive of obsolete nug small piece, variant of nog2; see -et
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