nuggets

noun

plural of nugget
1
as in bites
a small piece or quantity of food nuggets of beef in the chow mein fried chicken nuggets

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2
as in chunks
a small uneven mass a nugget of gold

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3
as in specks
a very small piece a seemingly inconsequential nugget of information that proved to be the key to cracking the case

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Recent Examples of nuggets Bay Area-founded Starbird and its signature chicken — tenders, wings, nuggets, sandwiches, salads, wraps and more — will be available in the coming months at that corner of Mowry Avenue and Fremont Boulevard, the company has confirmed. — Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026 But of course, it's been frivolized by meme creators who use it to joke about not wanting to clean their rooms or eat anything besides chicken nuggets. — Owen Carry, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026 Meanwhile, Chick-fil-A has wholesome kids straight out of a church service choir serving up chicken nuggets with love. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Since then, there have been a few nuggets about the nuptials made public as the guests are, for the most part, keeping their mouths shut on the specifics. — Shelby Stivale, Entertainment Weekly, 30 July 2026 Smart did reveal some interesting nuggets about his team this fall in his various interviews during SEC media days. — Connor Riley, AJC.com, 22 July 2026 Monk’s Bar and Grill A surprisingly deep kids’ menu features nachos, pretzels, quesadillas, chicken nuggets, and the burgers Monk’s Bar and Grill is known for. — Alicia Underlee Nelson, Midwest Living, 15 July 2026 The label-less rings are then fed into a shredder, which breaks them into little black nuggets that are ready to be reborn as records. — Kyle Devine, Longreads, 14 July 2026 Straw and shredded wood fit and lock together better than smooth bark nuggets or rubber mulch. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 10 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nuggets
  1. bites
  2. chunks
  3. specks
  4. mouthfuls
  5. wads
  6. bits
  7. tastes
  8. clumps
Noun
  • Over the past several years, competitors across the industry have expanded their morning lineups to include egg bites, Greek yogurt parfaits and customizable meat options as diners demand higher protein counts.
    — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • West Nile virus spreads through the bites of infected mosquitoes.
    — Jessie Baltaxe, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of bites
Noun
  • The Steelers outgained Green Bay 385-160 and collected yardage in huge chunks at times on plays that had receivers running wide open against a vanilla defense more focused on fundamentals than elaborate schemes for a game that didn't count.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • This blend goes the extra mile with chunks of coconut cream and a mango-passionfruit purée.
    — Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of chunks
Noun
  • Pay close attention to where leaves meet the stem, the underside of leaves, and within the petals for any movement or tiny specks.
    — Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The specks of dirt on the screen, that’s a byproduct of the process that Imax projectors use to advance the frames.
    — Chris Stanton, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of specks
Noun
  • Trump himself issued mouthfuls of balderdash during the event.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The possibility of a Chase and Taylor flirtation causing a rift with Miranda is briefly raised and just as swiftly quashed — through large mouthfuls of chips and salsa, Taylor assures Miranda at the sip-and-see that there is no there there.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026
Definition of mouthfuls
Noun
  • Photos apparently taken by the men themselves show wads of cash on the seat of a car, in a plastic bag and in stacks on the floor of a location in New York.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • The alpha heroes of 1980s romances—ranch owners, corporate raiders, anyone played by Michael Douglas—tended to be emotionally constipated anti-feminists intent on dominating the opposite sex by using testosterone and wads of cash.
    — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026
Definition of wads
Noun
  • The full-bodied physicality with which delas Alas imbues her performance turns such punishingly poignant bits into the stuff of boisterous spectacle.
    — Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The yoke-like steering features hammered aluminum bits, referencing the armor worn by medieval knights.
    — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of bits
Noun
  • After the couple’s differing tastes in music came to light, Miller asked who picks the music in the car.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Her taramosalata comes streaked with squid ink, and octopus arrives caramelized in petimezi, the grape must syrup that turns up across Cycladic kitchens but tastes distinctly of Tinos here.
    — Monica Mendal, Vogue, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of tastes
Noun
  • Excessive clumps on the surface of the lawn can smother new seedlings, Mann says.
    — Amanda Tust, Architectural Digest, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Lipofuscin is essentially cellular garbage (clumps of oxidized proteins and fats that cells can no longer break down).
    — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of clumps

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