stud

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.

• enPR: stŭd, IPA^(key): /stʌd/

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• Rhymes: -ʌd

stud (plural studs)

1. A male animal, especially a stud horse (stallion), kept for breeding.

   Synonym: sire

2. A female animal, especially a studmare (broodmare), kept for breeding.
3. (by extension, collective) A group of such animals.
   • 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 20, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, OCLC 1069526323:

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

   • 1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 98:

     At that time, therefore, L.M.S. motive power for the increased loads of the Birmingham trains was less than adequate, whereas the G.W.R. route had an ample stud of Churchward and Collett 4-6-0s, and timekeeping was good.

4. An animal (usually livestock) that has been registered and is retained for breeding.
5. A place, such as a ranch, where such animals are kept.
   • 1673, Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet, An Essay upon the Advancement of Trade in Ireland

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

6. (colloquial) A sexually attractive male.

   Synonyms: he-man, hunk, stallion

   • 1969, Waldo Salt, Midnight Cowboy, spoken by Joe Buck (Jon Voight):

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

   • 1998, Tim Herlihy, The Wedding Singer, spoken by Robbie Hart (Adam Sandler):

     Wow, Julia! Sounds like to me like you got your pick of any man in this room to dance with so I want you to take your time and find amongst all these young studs here tonight the coolest, most un-losery guy in the bunch

   • 1999 December 16, Mark Wolf, “The V-chip has arrived with little fanfare”, in The Coshocton Tribune‎:

     Those soap-opera studs and studettes sliding between satin sheets in the afternoon?

7. (LGBT, slang) A sexually dominant lesbian, chiefly African-American.

From Old English studu.

stud (plural studs)

1. A small object that protrudes from something; an ornamental knob.

   a collar with studs

   • c. 1587, Christopher Marlowe, The Passionate Shepherd to His Love:

     A belt of straw and ivy buds, / With coral clasps and amber studs.

   • 1671, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J. M[acock] for John Starkey […], OCLC 228732398:

     Crystal and myrrhine cups, embossed with gems / And studs of pearl.

2. (jewelry) A small round earring.

   She's wearing studs in her ears.

3. (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.
4. (obsolete) A stem; a trunk.
   • 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Marche. Aegloga Tertius.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], OCLC 606515406; republished as The Shepheardes Calender […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, […], 1586, OCLC 837880809:

     Seest not this same hawthorn stud?

5. (poker) A type of poker where an individual cannot throw cards away and some of her cards are exposed.

   Synonym: stud poker

   • 1969, Shel Silverstein (lyrics and music), “A Boy Named Sue”, performed by Johnny Cash:

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

6. (engineering) A short rod or pin, fixed in and projecting from something, and sometimes forming a journal.
7. (engineering) A stud bolt.
8. An iron brace across the shorter diameter of the link of a chain cable.

• studded

stud (third-person singular simple present studs, present participle studding, simple past and past participle studded)

1. To set with studs; to furnish with studs.
2. To be scattered over the surface of (something) at intervals.
   • 2012, Antony Cooke, Dark Nebulae, Dark Lanes, and Dust Belts, page 82:

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

3. To set (something) over a surface at intervals.
   • 2010, Rose Levy Beranbaum, Rose's Heavenly Cakes:

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

   • 2016, Mary Price, ‎Vincent Price, Mary and Vincent Price's Come Into the Kitchen Cook Book (page 70)

     Stud the onion with cloves and add to the pan.

stud (plural studs)

1. Clipping of student.

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

• “stud”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “stud”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
• “stud”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “stud” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

• Dust, UDTs, dust, duts

From Old Czech stud, from Proto-Slavic *studъ (“cold, shame”) .

• IPA^(key): [ˈstut]
• Hyphenation: stud
• Rhymes: -ut

stud m inan

1. shame (uncomfortable or painful feeling)

• nestoudný m
• nestydatý m
• ostuda f
• ostudný m
• stydět se
• stydký m

• stud in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• stud in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• stud in Internetová jazyková příručka

From Old Norse stútr, from or related to Proto-Germanic *stautōną (“to push”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈsd̥uˀð], [ˈsd̥uðˀ]
• Rhymes: -uːˀð

stud c (singular definite studen, plural indefinite stude)

1. bullock, steer
2. boor, oaf

• “stud” in Den Danske Ordbog

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stud m (plural studs, diminutive studje n)

1. colloquial (in the Netherlands) abbreviation of student

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

From English.

• IPA^(key): /styd/

stud m (plural studs)

1. stud where stallions and mares are bred to improve the equine race
2. assembly of horses for sale or racing

• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

stud

1. Alternative form of stede (“place”)

stud

1. Alternative form of stod (“stud”)

From Proto-Slavic *studъ.

stȗd f (Cyrillic spelling сту̑д)

1. (expressively) cold