The term "Nuggets" most notably refers to an influential series of music compilation albums and a prominent professional basketball team. The seminal Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965–1968, initially released by Elektra Records, is highly acclaimed for preserving garage rock and early psychedelic tracks from the mid-1960s. This critically celebrated series later expanded under Rhino Records, producing extensive box sets like Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts from the British Empire and Beyond, 1964–1969 and Children of Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the Second Psychedelic Era, 1976–1995, further exploring diverse psychedelic and garage scenes.
Beyond music, "Nuggets" is widely recognized as the name of the Denver Nuggets, a major basketball team, alongside other sports teams. The term also encompasses a 2014 animated short film, various geographical features, and everyday items such as the breakfast cereal Golden Nuggets and popular food items like chicken nuggets and McDonald's McNuggets.