nug

Meanings

Plural: nugs

Noun

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

Origin / 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

Scrabble Score: 4

nug is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
nug is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
nug is not valid in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 0

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