nuggety
/ˈnʌɡəti/
adjective
- Small but strong and sturdy; compact and muscular.
- He was a nuggety rugby player, hard to knock off his feet.
- The nuggety old farmer could still lift heavy sacks of grain.
- The nuggety little dog held its ground against the larger animal.
- Containing or resembling small lumps or nuggets.
- She added nuggety pieces of chocolate to the cookie dough.
- The miners sifted through the nuggety gravel for gold.
- The soil was nuggety with small stones and pebbles.
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