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nuggetted

nuggetted is the simple past and past participle of nugget.

Meaning of nugget

Verb

nugget (third-person singular simple present nuggets, present participle nuggeting or (rare) nuggetting, simple past and past participle nuggeted or (rare) nuggetted)

  1. To find nuggets (of something valuable)
    • The other day, you are told, a fellow nuggetted ten or twenty pounds weight, and, of course, you see no reason why half a hundred weight might not be lying snugly ensconced awaiting the revelations of your pick.1852, James Bonwick, Notes of a Gold Digger: and Gold Digger's Guide, Melbourne: R. Connebee, page 8
  2. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) To smear a male's genitals or anus with boot polish or similar substance against his will.
    • Among the complaints to Dart, “blackballing” or “nuggetting” was the most common form of sexual abuse carried out by recruits, and referred to a boy being forcibly held down “while boot polish, toothpaste or another substance was forcibly smeared on his genitals or anal area, sometimes with a hard...2014 June 17, Helen Davidson, “Blackballing and blanket beatings: decades of abuse at defence training school revealed”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

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Questions about nuggetted

What is nuggetted the simple past and past participle of?
Nuggetted is the simple past and past participle of nugget.

Words near nuggetted in the dictionary

  1. nugget
  2. nugget of truth
  3. nuggetlike
  4. nuggets
  5. nuggets of truth
  6. nuggetted
  7. nuggetting
  8. nuggetty
  9. nuggety
  10. nuggie
  11. nuggies

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