stud

See also: Stud and stuð

English

Etymology 1

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. The phonetic development is the same as in blood, flood, which unlike stud were not adapted orthographically.

Pronunciation

Noun

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 broodmares or other animals kept for breeding.
    • (Can we date this quote?), Society of Biblical Archaeology, Records of the Past: Being English Translations of the Assyrian and Egyptian Monuments‎[1], volume II, Samuel Bagster & Sons, page 90:
      The King (then) went forth to visit the stud of broodmares, and the stables of the young steeds, he saw that they had famished them.
    • 2000, Robert H. Rimmer, The Trade Off--My Husband/Your Wife‎[2], page 136:
      When I was a kid-about ten -my friend's grandfather, John Stone, had a stud of cocks.
  4. (by extension, collective) A group of locomotives
    • 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XX, 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:
      He had the finest stud in England, and his delight was to win plates from Tories.
    • 1949 November and December, O. S. Nock, “Twenty-Four Hours at York—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 358:
      In freight working a considerable stud of ex-N.E.R. 3-cylinder 4-6-0s of Class "B16" is used, some of which include the Thompson modifications to the front end.
    • 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.
    • 2013, O. S. Nock, The Locomotives of Sir Nigel Gresley‎[3], Read Books Limited:
      It cannot be disputed that he put on the road, in this age of intense workings, a stud of locomotives the swiftness and reliability of which are second to none.
  5. An animal (usually livestock) that has been registered and is retained for breeding.
    at stud
  6. 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.
  7. (colloquial) A sexually attractive, promiscuous 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!
    • 1986, Jim Cash, Jack Epps Jr., Top Gun (motion picture), spoken by Charlie (Kelly McGillis):
      Maverick, you big stud… Take me to bed or lose me forever.
    • 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[4]:
      Those soap-opera studs and studettes sliding between satin sheets in the afternoon?
  8. (LGBTQ, slang) A sexually dominant lesbian, chiefly African-American.
    • 1983 August 13, Lisa Smith, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 5, page 22:
      Down and lonely stud, 23 years old, wants comfort from sweet-hearted fem.
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Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle English stude, from Old English studu, from Proto-West Germanic *stuþ, from Proto-Germanic *stuþs.

Noun

stud (plural studs)

  1. A small object that protrudes from something; an ornamental knob.
    a collar with studs
  2. (jewelry) A style of earring where the decorative element is mounted on a straight post.
    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. A cleat on a shoe.
  5. (obsolete) A stem; a trunk.
  6. (poker) A type of poker in which the player cannot discard, and some of the cards are exposed.
    Synonym: stud poker
  7. (engineering) A short rod or pin, fixed in and projecting from something, and sometimes forming a journal.
  8. (engineering) A stud bolt.
  9. An iron brace across the shorter diameter of the link of a chain cable.
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Translations
vertical post

Verb

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 decorate as a stud does.
    • 1910, E. B. Stebbing, “The Loranthus Parasite of the Moru and Ban Oaks”, in Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, page 192:
      The fruit [of Loranthus vestitus] is yellowish and fleshy, and is almost sessile on the stem, which it thickly studs.
  3. 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[.]
  4. 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.

Etymology 3

Noun

stud (plural studs)

  1. Clipping of student.

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Anagrams

Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Slavic *studъ
Old Czech stud
Czech stud

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

    Pronunciation

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

    Noun

    stud m inan

    1. shame (uncomfortable or painful feeling)

    Declension

    Declension of stud (hard masculine inanimate)
    singular plural
    nominative stud study
    genitive studu studů
    dative studu studům
    accusative stud study
    vocative stude study
    locative studu studech
    instrumental studem study

    Further reading

    Danish

    Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

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

    Noun

    stud c (singular definite studen, plural indefinite stude)

    1. bullock, steer
    2. boor, oaf

    Declension

    Declension of stud
    common
    gender     		singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative stud studen stude studene
    genitive studs studens studes studenes

    References

    Dutch

    Pronunciation

    • Audio:(file)

    Noun

    stud m (plural studs, diminutive studje n)

    1. colloquial (in the Netherlands) abbreviation of student

    References

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

    French

    Etymology

    From English.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    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

    References

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

    Middle English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    stud

    1. (West Midland) alternative form of stede (“place”)

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    stud

    1. alternative form of stod (“stud”)

    Serbo-Croatian

    Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *studъ.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /stûːd/

    Noun

    stȗd f (Cyrillic spelling сту̑д)

    1. (expressive) cold

    Declension

    Declension of stud
    singular plural
    nominative stud studi
    genitive studi studi
    dative studi studima
    accusative stud studi
    vocative studi studi
    locative studi studima
    instrumental studi studima

    Further reading

    • “stud”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
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