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stud

1  [stuhd] ,noun, verb, stud⋅ded, stud⋅ding, adjective
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–noun
1. a boss, knob, nailhead, or other protuberance projecting from a surface or part, esp. as an ornament.
2. any of various buttonlike, usually ornamental objects, mounted on a shank that is passed through an article of clothing to fasten it: a collar stud.
3. any of a number of slender, upright members of wood, steel, etc., forming the frame of a wall or partition and covered with plasterwork, siding, etc.
4. any of various projecting pins, lugs, or the like, on machines or other implements.
5. Automotive. any of a large number of small projecting lugs embedded in an automobile tire (studded tire) to improve traction on snowy or icy roads.
6. an earring consisting of a small, buttonlike ornament mounted on a metal post designed to pass through a pierced ear lobe.
7. Horology. the piece to which the fixed end of a hairspring is attached.
–verb (used with object)
8. to set with or as if with studs, bosses, or the like: The leather-covered door was studded with brass nails.
9. (of things) to be scattered over the expanse or surface of: Stars stud the sky.
10. to set or scatter (objects) at intervals over an expanse or surface: to stud raisins over a cake.
11. to furnish with or support by studs.
–adjective
12. ornamented with rivets, nailheads, or other buttonlike, usually metallic objects: a stud belt.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME stude knob, post, OE studu post; c. MHG stud, ON stoth post
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stud 1   (stŭd)   
n.  

  1. An upright post in the framework of a wall for supporting sheets of lath, wallboard, or similar material.

  2. A small knob, nail head, or rivet fixed in and slightly projecting from a surface.

    1. A small ornamental button mounted on a short post for insertion through an eyelet, as on a dress shirt.

    2. A buttonlike earring mounted on a slender post, as of gold or steel, for wearing in a pierced earlobe.

    3. Any of various protruding pins or pegs in machinery, used mainly as a support or pivot.

    4. One of a number of small metal cleats embedded in a snow tire to increase traction on slippery or snowy roads.

    1. Any of various protruding pins or pegs in machinery, used mainly as a support or pivot.

    2. One of a number of small metal cleats embedded in a snow tire to increase traction on slippery or snowy roads.

  5. A metal crosspiece used as a brace in a link, as in a chain cable.

tr.v.   stud·ded, stud·ding, studs

  1. To provide with or construct with studs or a stud.

  2. To set with studs or a stud: stud a bracelet with rubies.

  3. To be scattered over: Daisies studded the meadow.


[Middle English stode, from Old English studu; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
stud [stəd]

  1. n.
    a male horse used for breeding purposes. (Not slang.) : Last spring, we rented out all our studs and made some money.
  2. n.
    a human male viewed as very successful with women. (Parallel to sense 1.) : Fred thinks he is a real stud.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

stud  (1)
"nailhead, knob," O.E. studu "pillar, prop, post," from P.Gmc. *stud- (cf. O.N. stoð "staff, stick," prop. "stay," M.H.G. stud, O.E. stow "place"), from PIE *stu-, variant of base *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Sense expanded by 1397 to include ornamental devices fixed in and projecting from a surface. The verb is 1505 in the literal sense of "set with studs," 1570 in studded with "as though sprinkled with nails with conspicuous heads."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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