stud
IPA: stˈʌd
noun
- A male animal, especially a stud horse (stallion), kept for breeding.
- A female animal, especially a studmare (broodmare), kept for breeding.
- (by extension, collective) A group of such animals, also of locomotives.
- An animal (usually livestock) that has been registered and is retained for breeding.
- A place, such as a ranch, where such animals are kept.
- (colloquial) A sexually attractive male.
- (LGBT, slang) A sexually dominant lesbian, chiefly African-American.
- A small object that protrudes from something; an ornamental knob.
- (jewelry) A style of earring where the decorative element is mounted on a straight post.
- (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.
- (obsolete) A stem; a trunk.
- (poker) A type of poker where an individual cannot throw cards away and some of her cards are exposed.
- (engineering) A short rod or pin, fixed in and projecting from something, and sometimes forming a journal.
- (engineering) A stud bolt.
- An iron brace across the shorter diameter of the link of a chain cable.
- Clipping of student. [A person who studies or learns about a particular subject.]
verb
- To set with studs; to furnish with studs.
- To decorate as a stud does.
- To be scattered over the surface of (something) at intervals.
- To set (something) over a surface at intervals.
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Examples of "stud" in Sentences
- He owns several studs.
- She loves to shop studs.
- I wanted to take the stud.
- How many studs do you have
- She attached studs on her bags.
- I placed studs in the jewel box.
- In general, the larger the stud will be used.
- The brace is then nailed to the plates and the studs.
- It was woven in black brocade and studded with jewels.
- A basket of the stud assembly attaches to the subpanel by rivets.
- He is a sizzling Latin stud who's incredibly skilled with his hands.
- The Patriots added ex-New York Jet linebacker Victor Hobson and a notable rookie in stud Jerod Mayo.
- But he will live to race another day and probably survive to a ripe old age in stud in some green pasture.
- For true performance, cellulose or any of the foams are the only high-performance materials in stud wall construction.
- Perhaps they have gotten complacent by endlessly repeating their mantra that the team is built around their twin stud defensemen, Scott Niedermayer and Chris Pronger, but there has to be more to it than that.
- "The dress code policy allows for a religious exemption, and I explained to the principal and various school officials how my daughter's nose stud is essential to the expression of our family's religious values."
- There is probably no one at the olympic games who better fulfills the term stud and then yesterday he went on to win his first individual gold only to have to swim against Michael Phelps 29 minutes later and he still had a good race!
- It's an impressive departure from previous TV teens who have struggled with their sexuality (the tennis stud is violently overcompensating to appear hetero, rather than bursting out of the closet with a heavily hyped kiss), but something went down last night that just wasn't right.
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