stud
/stʌd/ noun, verb
Forms studs studding studded
- noun A male animal, especially a stud horse (stallion), kept for breeding.
- noun A female animal, especially a studmare (broodmare), kept for breeding.
- noun (by extension, collective) A group of broodmares or other animals kept for breeding.
- noun (by extension, collective) A group of locomotives
- noun An animal (usually livestock) that has been registered and is retained for breeding. “at stud”
- noun A place, such as a ranch, where such animals are kept.
- noun (colloquial) A sexually attractive, promiscuous male.
- noun (LGBTQ, slang) A sexually dominant lesbian, chiefly African-American.
- noun A small object that protrudes from something; an ornamental knob. “a collar with studs”
- noun (jewelry) A style of earring where the decorative element is mounted on a straight post. “She's wearing studs in her ears.”
- noun (construction) 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.
- noun A cleat on a shoe.
- noun (obsolete) A stem; a trunk.
- noun (poker) A type of poker in which the player cannot discard, and some of the cards are exposed.
- noun (engineering) A short rod or pin, fixed in and projecting from something, and sometimes forming a journal.
- noun (engineering) A stud bolt.
- verb To set with studs; to furnish with studs.
- verb To decorate as a stud does.
- verb To be scattered over the surface of (something) at intervals.
- verb To set (something) over a surface at intervals.
Synonyms
sire he-man hunk stallion stud poker macho-man rivet scantling studhorse dot constellate
Etymology
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.
Inherited from Middle English stude, from Old English studu, from Proto-West Germanic *stuþ, from Proto-Germanic *stuþs.
Webster’s 1913
- noun A collection of breeding horses and mares, or the place where they are kept; also, a number of horses kept for a racing, riding, etc. In the studs of Ireland, where care is taken, we see horses bred of excellent shape, vigor, and size. Sir W. Temple.
- noun A stem; a trunk. [Obs.]
- noun An upright scanting, esp. one of the small uprights in the framing for lath and plaster partitions, and furring, and upon which the laths are nailed.
- verb To adorn with shining studs, or knobs.
Etymology [OE. stod, stood, AS. stod; akin to OHG. stuota, G. stute a mare, Icel. sto stud, Lith. stodas a herd, Russ. stado, and to E. stand. The sense is properly, a stand, an establishment. *163. See Stand, and cf. Steed.]
Etymology [AS. studu a post; akin to Sw. stöd a prop, Icel. sto a post, sty to prop, and probably ultimately to E. stand; cf. D. stut a prop, G. stütze. See Stand.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “stud”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details