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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Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 Apr. 2026
So that will be a little ‘nugget’ for the readers.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 24 Apr. 2026
This is not just some sort of nugget.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2026
That newspaper feels like a magical little historical nugget.
—Literary Hub, 24 Apr. 2026
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“Nugget.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nugget. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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nugget
noun
nug·get
ˈnəg-ət 
: a solid lump especially of precious metal
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