stud

¹ American  

[stuhd] / stʌd /

noun

1. a boss, knob, nailhead, or other protuberance projecting from a surface or part, especially as an ornament.

2. any of various buttonlike, usually ornamental objects, mounted on a shank that is passed through an article of clothing to fasten it.

   a collar stud.

3. any of a number of slender, upright members of wood, steel, etc., forming the frame of a wall or partition and covered with plasterwork, siding, etc.

4. any of various projecting pins, lugs, or the like, on machines or other implements.

5. Automotive.  any of a large number of small projecting lugs embedded in an automobile tire studded tire to improve traction on snowy or icy roads.

6. an earring consisting of a small, buttonlike ornament mounted on a metal post designed to pass through a pierced ear lobe.

7. Horology.  the piece to which the fixed end of a hairspring is attached.

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verb (used with object)

studded, studding

1. to set with or as if with studs, bosses, or the like.

   The leather-covered door was studded with brass nails.

2. (of things) to be scattered over the expanse or surface of.

   Stars stud the sky.

3. to set or scatter (objects) at intervals over an expanse or surface.

   to stud raisins over a cake.

4. to furnish with or support by studs.

adjective

1. ornamented with rivets, nailheads, or other buttonlike, usually metallic objects.

   a stud belt.

stud ² American  

[stuhd] / stʌd /

noun

1. a studhorse or stallion.

2. an establishment, such as a farm, in which horses are kept for breeding.

3. a number of horses, usually for racing or hunting, bred or kept by one owner.

4. a male animal, such as a bull or ram, kept for breeding.

5. a herd of animals kept for breeding.

6. Slang.

   1. a man who is notably virile and sexually active.

   2. a handsome man with an attractive physique; a hunk.

   3. a young man.

7. Poker.  stud poker.

8. a Black woman or girl, especially a lesbian, who embraces identity markers, such as clothing, hairstyle, interests, or behaviors that are associated with traditional expressions of masculinity.

   Masculine women are my type so I've dated a lot of studs.

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adjective

1. of, associated with, or pertaining to a studhorse or studhorses.

2. retained for breeding purposes.

3. noting or relating to a Black woman or girl, especially a lesbian, who embraces identity markers, such as clothing, hairstyle, interests, or behaviors, that are associated with traditional expressions of masculinity; butch.

   There's a lot of stud lesbians in the club tonight!

idioms

1. at / in stud,  (of a male animal) offered for the purpose of breeding.

stud. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. student.

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stud ¹ British  

/ stʌd /

noun

1. a large-headed nail or other projection protruding from a surface, usually as decoration

2. a type of fastener consisting of two discs at either end of a short shank, used to fasten shirtfronts, collars, etc

3. building trades a vertical member made of timber, steel, etc, that is used with others to construct the framework of a wall

4. a headless bolt that is threaded at both ends, the centre portion being unthreaded

5. any short projection on a machine, such as the metal cylinder that forms a journal for the gears on a screw-cutting lathe

6. the crossbar in the centre of a link of a heavy chain

7. one of a number of rounded projections on the sole of a boot or shoe to give better grip, as on a football boot

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verb

1. to provide, ornament, or make with studs

2. to dot or cover (with)

   the park was studded with daisies

3. building trades to provide or support (a wall, partition, etc) with studs

stud ² British  

/ stʌd /

noun

1. a group of pedigree animals, esp horses, kept for breeding purposes

2. any male animal kept principally for breeding purposes, esp a stallion

3. a farm or stable where a stud is kept

4. the state or condition of being kept for breeding purposes

   at stud

   put to stud

5. (modifier) of or relating to such animals or the place where they are kept

   a stud farm

   a stud horse

6. slang  a virile or sexually active man

7. short for stud poker

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Other Word Forms

• unstudded adjective

Etymology

Origin of stud¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English stod(e), stud(e), “upright post; ornamental knob,” Old English stod, studu “stake, post”; cognate with Middle High German stud, Old Norse stoth “pillar, post, support”

Origin of stud²

First recorded before 1000, and in 1920–25 stud ² for def. 6; Middle English stod(e), stud(e), Old English stōd “a stud, herd of horses,” cognate with Old Norse stōth; akin to stand

Example Sentences

Thousands of diamonds studded the jewels, as well as sapphires and emeralds the size of lozenges.

From The Wall Street Journal

When the golden crown studded with diamonds and pearls is placed on the head of the new Miss Universe in Thailand on Friday, it will mark the end of an exceptionally chaotic edition.

From BBC

The singer's four-octave vocal range is represented by a musical stave encircling the coin from bass to treble, while a studded armband etched along the edge pays tribute to his iconic Live Aid outfit.

From BBC

Huge areas of seabed around the Cook Islands are carpeted in polymetallic nodules, lumpy rocks studded with rare earths and critical minerals such as cobalt, nickel and manganese.

From Barron's

For a year or two, he alternated between a stud and a silver hoop.

From The Wall Street Journal

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