"nuggety" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more nuggety [comparative], most nuggety [superlative]
Etymology: nugget + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|nugget|y}} nugget + -y Head templates: {{en-adj}} nuggety (comparative more nuggety, superlative most nuggety)
  1. Full of nuggets.
    Sense id: en-nuggety-en-adj-KKCPM1l6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 21 24 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 53 23 25 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 56 19 24
  2. Having the characteristics of a nugget
    Sense id: en-nuggety-en-adj-Phb3B~0-
  3. (of a person) Short, stocky, and powerful. Translations (short, stocky, strongly built of a person): pakaua (Maori)
    Sense id: en-nuggety-en-adj-dScHYVHu Disambiguation of 'short, stocky, strongly built of a person': 13 6 81

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