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Stud

//stʌd// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A male animal, especially a stud horse (stallion), kept for breeding.
  2. 2
    A small object that protrudes from something; an ornamental knob.

    "a collar with studs"

  3. 3
    Clipping of student. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
  4. 4
    poker in which each player receives hole cards and the remainder are dealt face up; bets are placed after each card is dealt wordnet
  5. 5
    A female animal, especially a studmare (broodmare), kept for breeding.
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  1. 6
    A style of earring where the decorative element is mounted on a straight post.

    "She's wearing studs in her ears."

  2. 7
    adult male horse kept for breeding wordnet
  3. 8
    A group of such animals, also of locomotives. broadly, collective

    "He had the finest stud in England, and his delight was to win plates from Tories."

  4. 9
    A vertical post, especially one of the small uprights in the framing for lath and plaster partitions, and furring, and upon which the laths are nailed.
  5. 10
    an upright in house framing wordnet
  6. 11
    An animal (usually livestock) that has been registered and is retained for breeding.

    "at stud"

  7. 12
    A cleat on a shoe.
  8. 13
    ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt) wordnet
  9. 14
    A place, such as a ranch, where such animals are kept.

    "In the studs of persons of quality in Ireland, where care is taken, […]we see horses bred of excellent shape, vigour, and size."

  10. 15
    A stem; a trunk. obsolete

    "Seest not this same hawthorn stud?"

  11. 16
    a man who is virile and sexually active wordnet
  12. 17
    A sexually attractive, promiscuous male. colloquial

    "Well, I'll tell you the truth now. I ain't a for-real cowboy, but I am one hell of a stud!"

  13. 18
    A type of poker in which the player cannot discard, and some of the cards are exposed.

    "At an old saloon on a street of mud / There at a table, dealing stud / Sat the dirty, mangy dog that named me "Sue""

  14. 19
    A sexually dominant lesbian, chiefly African-American. slang

    "Down and lonely stud, 23 years old, wants comfort from sweet-hearted fem."

  15. 20
    A short rod or pin, fixed in and projecting from something, and sometimes forming a journal.
  16. 21
    A stud bolt.
  17. 22
    An iron brace across the shorter diameter of the link of a chain cable.
Verb
  1. 1
    To set with studs; to furnish with studs.
  2. 2
    provide with or construct with studs wordnet
  3. 3
    To decorate as a stud does.

    "The fruit [of Loranthus vestitus] is yellowish and fleshy, and is almost sessile on the stem, which it thickly studs."

  4. 4
    scatter or intersperse like dots or studs wordnet
  5. 5
    To be scattered over the surface of (something) at intervals.

    "[S]eemingly countless young hot stars stud the entire huge central region[.]"

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  1. 6
    To set (something) over a surface at intervals.

    "Stud the cake all over with chocolate chips, pointed ends in."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English stood, stod, from Old English stōd, from Proto-West Germanic *stōd, from Proto-Germanic *stōdą. Cognate with Middle Low German stōt, German Stute, Dutch stoet and Old Norse stóð.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle English stude, from Old English studu, from Proto-West Germanic *stuþ, from Proto-Germanic *stuþs.

Etymology 3

Inherited from Middle English stude, from Old English studu, from Proto-West Germanic *stuþ, from Proto-Germanic *stuþs.

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