noun
Meaning 1
A lump; a block.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: West-Country
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
nug
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noun
Meaning 2
A piece of marijuana.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bud
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A chicken nugget.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nuggie
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Alternative form of noog (“Guizotia abyssinica”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
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History
Etymology
From dialectal nug, nog, knog (“a knot, lump, block, a misshapen mass of anything, peg, linchpin”), also found in Scots nug, nugg, nogg (“small block of wood, peg, pin”), of uncertain origin. Probably from earlier *knug, *knugg, *knogg, related to dialectal Norwegian knugg (“knot, knob”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *knuk- (“to ball up, mass together”), making it further related to English knock and knuckle.
Clipping of nugget, from the sense above.