Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nugger

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nug-ger
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Egyptian sailing boat with a square sail that is tilted at an angle to the mast.

noun

A chicken nugget.

Humorous; Informal

Example Sentences

"Two other steamers accompanied us to beyond Berber, and four nuggers sailed with us, which were towed as far as Berber by the two steamers."
"My orders were to endeavour to overtake the enemy, to co-operate with the gunboat Lotus in catching the large sailing nuggers, nine of which were known to be with the Arabs carrying their food supplies; […]"
"On July 15 he tested the western or steeper channel of the Bedden rapids by sending down three nuggers which were loaded so as to have rather a deeper draught than the steamer."
"D’ywan a chicken nugger? […] Like these chicken nuggers, yeah? I fucking love ’em. I fucking love chicken nuggers. I eat ’em every night."
"MY BIRTHDAY WISH FOR THEO IS ALL OF THE CHIMKEN NUGGERS!!!!!!!!"
"If these nuggers and chips aren’t fine dining I don’t know what is."

Etymology

Probably from Arabic [script needed] (nuqur, naqā'ir).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Prefix: -er

Usage

Inflected Forms

nuggers (plural)

Questions

What does nugger mean?: An Egyptian sailing boat with a square sail that is tilted at an angle to the mast.
Where does nugger come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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