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 Some guests have reported that there was not a formal wedding dinner, but instead food stations that included fun hors d’oeuvres like chicken nuggets topped with caviar. — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 9 July 2026 One of the most expensive dishes at the Iowa State Fair brings caviar and chicken nuggets from JR’s SouthPork Ranch for $99 that blends childhood nostalgia with pure luxury. — Susan Stapleton, Des Moines Register, 9 July 2026 Pillowy gnocchi turn into golden nuggets of goodness when sautéed in butter. — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 9 July 2026 In the video, Johnson said the nuggets cost a little more than $17 and the buns were 25 cents each at his local restaurant, though prices vary by market. — Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 7 July 2026 Sources confirm the couple opted not to have a seated dinner but offered attendees a variety of Italian dishes, sushi and fancy fare, including caviar served on chicken nuggets. — Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026 More reading Here’s our look at 10 news, notes, quotes and nuggets on Portis. — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026 Key to those dark thought experiments were the nuggets of insight that accompanied them. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 30 June 2026 No date marking was labeled on a container of cooked chicken nuggets or on raw chicken and raw beef inside the walk-in cooler. — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 29 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nuggets
  1. bites
  2. chunks
  3. specks
  4. mouthfuls
  5. wads
  6. bits
  7. tastes
  8. clumps
Noun
  • The itchy bug bites on my arm and the freckles appearing on my nose indicate that summer is back in full swing.
    — Christina Holevas, Vogue, 17 July 2026
  • The rest of the meal is all about minimal-prep sides my kids would never take more than a few bites of.
    — Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 17 July 2026
Definition of bites
Noun
  • The Perseids are also famed for producing vivid green fireballs capable of briefly turning night to day as larger chunks of debris collide with Earth's atmosphere at speeds of up to 37 miles per second (59 kilometers per second).
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 17 July 2026
  • Then there are hospitality packages, which represent significant chunks of MetLife Stadium and sold for even higher prices.
    — Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 17 July 2026
Definition of chunks
Noun
  • Six months later, there was hope of reconciliation as sovereignty talks opened between the governments over the specks in the ocean that had been part of the British Empire for more than a century.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2026
  • Bellinger, once a babyface, now sports some light specks of gray.
    — Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 15 July 2026
Definition of specks
Noun
  • 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
  • But now, the future of Lucille’s American Cafe, a Weston comfort-food institution serving up mouthfuls of nostalgia since 1999, is unclear.
    — Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2025
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
  • Through Taylor-Joy’s character, the series reminds us to face ourselves, even the broken and painful bits that feel shameful.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 15 July 2026
  • What otherwise might have been worthless bits of trash commanded the highest bids due to where the two items were 57 years ago—lifting off aboard NASA’s Apollo 11 spacecraft on humanity’s first mission to land astronauts on the Moon.
    — Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 15 July 2026
Definition of bits
Noun
  • There’s been a resurgence in vintage novelty t-shirts, merch tops, and of course, soccer jerseys, and bigger t-shirts just give you more room to signal your tastes, your interests, your team.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 11 July 2026
  • Infinitely adjustable to meet all tastes and demands, from coarse to super fine seasoning.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026
Definition of tastes
Noun
  • Protostars are born when patches in vast molecular clouds cool and form clumps, collapsing under their gravity.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 3 July 2026
  • Otherwise, the excess moisture will cause the blueberries to freeze into clumps.
    — Martha Stewart, Martha Stewart, 3 July 2026
Definition of clumps

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