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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Those convenient, kid-friendly frozen chicken nuggets are easy to identify as ultraprocessed.
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Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 14 Dec. 2025
Other editors like to toss their nuggets in buffalo sauce, and editorial food director Kimberly Holland has her very own recipe for utilizing the nuggets.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2025
But there’s a nugget of something here.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 13 Dec. 2025
Here’s my Thursday piece with a 6-pack of Canes nuggets.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 12 Dec. 2025
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Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 14 Dec. 2025
Other editors like to toss their nuggets in buffalo sauce, and editorial food director Kimberly Holland has her very own recipe for utilizing the nuggets.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2025
But there’s a nugget of something here.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 13 Dec. 2025
Here’s my Thursday piece with a 6-pack of Canes nuggets.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 12 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for nugget
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“Nugget.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nugget. Accessed 18 Dec. 2025.
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nugget
noun
nug·get
ˈnəg-ət 
: a solid lump especially of precious metal
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