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stud

Pronunciation: /stʌd/

The English word “stud” has 20 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A male animal, especially a stud horse (stallion), kept for breeding.
  2. A female animal, especially a studmare (broodmare), kept for breeding.
  3. A group of broodmares or other animals kept for breeding.
  4. A group of locomotives
  5. An animal (usually livestock) that has been registered and is retained for breeding.
  6. A place, such as a ranch, where such animals are kept.
  7. A sexually attractive, promiscuous male.
  8. A sexually dominant lesbian, chiefly African-American.
  9. A small object that protrudes from something; an ornamental knob.
  10. A style of earring where the decorative element is mounted on a straight post.
  11. 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.
  12. A cleat on a shoe.
  13. A stem; a trunk.
  14. A type of poker in which the player cannot discard, and some of the cards are exposed.
  15. A short rod or pin, fixed in and projecting from something, and sometimes forming a journal.
  16. A stud bolt.
  17. An iron brace across the shorter diameter of the link of a chain cable.

verb

  1. To set with studs; to furnish with studs.
  2. To decorate as a stud does.
  3. To be scattered over the surface of (something) at intervals.

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.

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