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 One of many interesting nuggets of info in the book was a possible solving of the mystery of who coined the name Oscar for the Academy Awards statue, with evidence pointing toward Eleanore Lilleberg, an assistant in the early days of the Academy. — Denise Petski, Deadline, 7 Sep. 2026 Here’s my Saturday morning with 10 nuggets and notes on UM’s offense. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026 Burger King new and improved chicken nuggets In contrast, Burger King's new chicken nuggets will be a permanent menu item. — Mike Snider, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026 McDonald’s debuted the spicy nuggets in 2020 and have brought them back a few times for limited-time stints. — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Sep. 2026 Burger King is introducing new chicken nuggets and dipping sauces in response to customer feedback. — Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 Aug. 2026 Chicken nuggets were held below proper hot holding temperature. — Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2026 McDonald’s Spicy Chicken McNuggets are breaded in a spicy tempura coating that contains a blend of aged cayenne and chili peppers, giving the nuggets the perfect spicy kick. — Molly Burford, Southern Living, 26 Aug. 2026 On the team pages, there are paragraphs devoted to every position, forecasts for both sides of the ball, nuggets to help set the stage for each game, and the past five years’ results, complete with the line. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nuggets
  1. bites
  2. chunks
  3. specks
  4. mouthfuls
  5. wads
  6. bits
  7. tastes
  8. clumps
Noun
  • Held at Straker’s by Thomas Straker, the London chef’s first New York restaurant opening next month, guests packed into the SoHo location to sip and mingle by the open kitchen and bar concept while sampling light bites.
    — Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The disease is primarily spread to humans through bites and scratches from infected animals like bats, raccoons, skunks, and foxes.
    — Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of bites
Noun
  • Photos released by the center showed chunks of ceiling material, dust and debris scattered across the red carpet.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Sebalt said funding for plumbing, sewage and enough street light poles for others to move in was sourced in small chunks and much too slowly.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of chunks
Noun
  • Calcium shows up as bright white specks on the coronary artery images.
    — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Pulse a few times, until crumbs range in size from specks to peas.
    — Leah Eskin, Midwest Living, 14 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
  • There were small tables that needed gluing, and there was always clothing to be mended, and, on this day, a lawn chair whose shredded side pieces were being replaced with unmatching but whimsical bits of material.
    — Lydia Davis, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Some of the best bits are when there is no violence at all, said Jo Lawson-Tancred on Artnet.
    — Will Barker, TheWeek, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of bits
Noun
  • Carré describes their house style as magpie, which reflects the fact that each design is led by their client’s tastes and preferences.
    — Clare Coulson, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Americans' tastes also expanded beyond the traditional luncheonette menu.
    — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of tastes
Noun
  • The stuff our telescopes can track is swirling too fast, forming too quickly into clumps that are too dense, to easily explain.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The researchers observed bends, wiggles, kinks, gaps, branches, spurs and clumps.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of clumps

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