chicken nugget

noun

A small portion of cooked boneless chicken meat in batter prepared by deep-frying.

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Meanings

nounchicken nugget (plural chicken nuggets)

plural chicken nuggets

  1. A small portion of cooked boneless chicken meat in batter prepared by deep-frying.

    Chicken nuggets, 6 for $ 1.49 are another popular snack item.

    1986 May 8, The Canberra Times, Australian Captial Territory, page 10, column 2
    1 more example

    The best you’d get is one of those animal-shaped chicken nuggets they give to kids.

    2018, Kazerad, Katia: Tell a story, in: Prequel -or- Making a Cat Cry: The Adventure (webcomic), February 6, 2018

    Synonyms: nug, nugg, nugger, nuggie, nuggy

  2. slanguncommonFemale genitalia.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA small portion of cooked boneless chicken meat in batter prepared by deep-frying.

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Translations

Arabic نَاجِت الدَّجَاج
  • نَاجِت الدَّجَاج (nāgit ad-dajāj)piece of chicken in batter
Bulgarian пилешки хапки
  • пилешки хапки (pileški hapki)piece of chicken in batter
Chinese Mandarin 炸雞塊 /炸鸡块, 雞塊 /鸡块
  • 炸雞塊 /炸鸡块 (zhájīkuài)piece of chicken in batter
  • 雞塊 /鸡块 (jīkuài)piece of chicken in batter
Estonian kananagits
  • kananagitspiece of chicken in batter
Finnish kananugetti, kananugget
  • kananugettipiece of chicken in batter
  • kananuggetpiece of chicken in batter
French nugget de poulet, croquette de poulet
  • nugget de pouletpiece of chicken in batter
  • croquette de pouletpiece of chicken in batter
German Chickennugget
  • Chickennuggetpiece of chicken in batter
Greek κοτομπουκιά
  • κοτομπουκιά (kotompoukiá)piece of chicken in batter
Japanese チキンナゲット
  • チキンナゲット (chikin nagetto)piece of chicken in batter
Korean 치킨너겟
  • 치킨너겟 (chikinneoget)piece of chicken in batter
Polish nuggets
  • nuggetspiece of chicken in batter
Portuguese nugget
  • nuggetpiece of chicken in batter
Russian на́ггетс
  • на́ггетс (nággets)piece of chicken in batter
Spanish nugget
  • nuggetpiece of chicken in batter
Turkish nugget
  • nuggetpiece of chicken in batter
Cite this entry
APA

chicken nugget. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chicken%20nugget

MLA

“chicken nugget.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chicken%20nugget. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chicken nugget,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chicken%20nugget.

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