nugget
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
nugget
- (countable) A small, compact chunk or clump.
- a gold nugget
- (countable) A chicken nugget.
- 2014, Laurie David, The Family Cooks
- By now, we hope you have said “no” to processed nuggets and fingers. Instead, how about taking some real chicken, tossing it with real eggs, a little tangy mustard, and a crunchy quinoa coating?
- 2014, Laurie David, The Family Cooks
- (countable) A tidbit of something valuable.
- a nugget of wisdom
- (countable) A small piece of tasty food, a tidbit.
- (uncountable) A type of boot polish.
- (countable) A bud from the Cannabis sativa plant, especially one that is potent.
- (countable, slang) An inexperienced, newly trained fighter pilot.
- 2009, Nick Scipio, Nereids ↗:
- Jack stifled a smirk at the ensign's expressionless non-reaction. He'd been a nugget himself once, the new guy fresh from training.
- 2009, Nick Scipio, Nereids ↗:
- (comptheory) A partial description gleaned from data mining.
- 2002, Data Mining: A Heuristic Approach (page 93)
- We have previously said that the heuristic algorithms produce good nuggets for most classes and most λ values […]
- 2002, Data Mining: A Heuristic Approach (page 93)
- French: bleu
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