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nug¹

Where it comes from

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.

noun nugs · nudge · nugg · nogg · nog · knog

  1. West Country A lump; a block.

nug²

Where it comes from

Clipping of nugget, from the sense above.

noun nugs · nugg

  1. slang A piece of marijuana. A deep inhalation of a fresh ground-up nug leaves you with a giant smile and a tingly nose.

    Similar: bud

  2. slang A chicken nugget. 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.”

    Similar: nuggie

nug³

noun

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

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"nug." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/nug. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"nug." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/nug.

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@misc{nug_2026,
  title = {nug},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nug},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}