nuggety









nuggety


noun

  1. a lump of something, as of precious metal.
  2. a lump of native gold.
  3. anything of great value, significance, or the like: nuggets of wisdom.
  4. a bite-size piece of chicken, fish, etc., usually batter-fried.
  5. Welding. (in a spot-weld) the metal fused.
  6. Australian.
    1. a powerful, heavy animal.
    2. a strong, thickset man.

adjective

  1. of or resembling a nugget
  2. Australian and NZ informal (of a person) thickset; stocky

noun

  1. a small piece or lump, esp of gold in its natural state
  2. something small but valuable or excellent

noun

  1. trademark shoe polish

verb

  1. (tr; sometimes not capital) informal to shine (shoes)

n.1852, “lump of gold,” probably from southwestern England dialectal nug “lump,” of unknown origin [OED]. Another theory is that it is from a misdivision of an ingot. Transferred sense is from 1859.

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