nugget

IPA: nˈʌgɪt

(countable) A small, compact chunk or clump.
(countable) A chicken nugget.
(countable) A tidbit of something valuable.
(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.
(computing theory) A partial description gleaned from data mining.
(slang, countable) A person with no arms or legs; a basket case.
(Australia, slang, countable) An item that is typically old and of dubious quality or poor condition.

Examples of "nugget" in Sentences

Thanks for the nugget of knowledge.
It makes no sense as a lost nugget.
Need a source for this little nugget.
A nugget is a piece of information i.e.
Still, there's a nugget of reasonableness in it.
For the record, the orange nugget is real as rain.
But there 'is' a nugget of relevant information there.
There may be worthwhile nuggets in the mass of unrefined ore.
A little nugget from a previous post, reprinted just for you:
The current nugget is … Eric Texier, 2000 Hermitage rouge for $69.
The impression is that of nuggets of truth artfully embedded in trivia.
It is possible to give Nuggeteer multiple nugget descriptions for each nugget.
Things are no different for MySpace, as this little nugget from a research report published by J.P. Morgan shows:
Being guilty of decalcomania, I wondered if we might transfigure his expose into a bite sized nugget suitable for our bumpers.
Once again, it falls to me to read the complete story that trhe idiot troll posts, and to post this nugget from the same story:
Another nugget from the article - Chertoff says just one airline is seeing some 9,000 false positives EVERY DAY from this list.
"For all anybody knows," he said, pointing to a hillside across the creek bottom, "the moss under the snow there may be plumb rooted in nugget gold."
There is one interesting nugget from the CNN topline data that may shed light on what demographic segment might make the biggest difference in Castle's decision.