Nugとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• nudge, nugg, nogg, nog, knog

発音

名詞

nug (plural nugs)

1. (West Country) A lump; a block.

参照

• Wright, Joseph (1903) The English Dialect Dictionary‎, volume 4, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 309

語源 2

Clipping of nugget, from the sense above.

別の表記

• nugg

名詞

nug (plural nugs)

1. (slang) A piece of marijuana.

   Synonym: bud

   • 2006, Jason King, The Cannabible 3,, page 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.”

参照

• Eric Partridge (2005) “nug”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volume 2 (J–Z), London, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 703.

語源 3

名詞

nug (uncountable)

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

アナグラム

• Ung, gnu, gun, NGU, GNU, Gun, UNG, Ngu, NGu