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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Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 June 2026
Life gives you little nuggets of experience.
—Chris Perry, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Make fried favorites like french fries and chicken nuggets with 75 percent less fat in this compact air fryer.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 8 June 2026
One of the more startling nuggets the doc reveals concerns Paul Bateson, the former radiological technician convicted of Verrill’s murder.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 6 June 2026
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“Nugget.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nugget. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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nugget
noun
nug·get
ˈnəg-ət 
: a solid lump especially of precious metal
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