English Explanatory Dictionary

nug

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A lump; a block.
noun
  1. A piece of marijuana.
  2. A chicken nugget.
noun
  1. Alternative form of noog (“Guizotia abyssinica”).

Pronunciation

En-au-nug.ogg

Word forms

nug nugs nudge nugg nogg nog knog

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.

Synonyms

bud nuggie
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