nug

English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
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Noun

nug (plural nugs)

  1. (West Country) lump; block

References

Etymology 2
A small nug (sense 1)

Clipping of nugget, from the sense above.

Alternative forms

Noun

nug (plural nugs)

  1. (slang) A piece of marijuana.
    Synonym: bud
    • 2006, Jason King, The Cannabible 3, p. 25:
      A deep inhalation of a fresh ground-up nug leaves you with a giant smile and a tingly nose.
  2. (chiefly slang) A chicken nugget.
    Synonym: nuggie
    • 2012, Mike Lacher, On the Bro'd: A Parody of Jack Kerouac’s On the Road (page 71)
      A lotta times I grabbed bags of frozen chicken nuggets to take home. “You know what they say,” Ricky would be like. “Dude's gotta have nugs.”

References
  • The Routledge dictionary of modern American slang and unconventional English, by Tom Dalzell, Eric Partridge, p. 703

Noun

nug (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of noog (“Guizotia abyssinica”)

Anagrams

Welsh

Verb

nug

  1. Nasal mutation of dug.

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
dug ddug nug unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

White Hmong

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nu˧˩̤/

Verb

nug

  1. to ask; to question.

References
  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN.
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