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studdest

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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

stud

2  [stuhd] ,
–noun
1. a studhorse or stallion.
2. an establishment, as a farm, in which horses are kept for breeding.
3. a number of horses, usually for racing or hunting, bred or kept by one owner.
4. a male animal, as a bull or ram, kept for breeding.
5. a herd of animals kept for breeding.
6. Slang. a man, esp. one who is notably virile and sexually active.
7. Poker. stud poker.
–adjective
8. of, associated with, or pertaining to a studhorse or studhorses.
9. retained for breeding purposes.
—Idiom
10. at or in stud, (of a male animal) offered for the purpose of breeding.
Origin:
bef. 1000; 1920–25 for def. 6; ME; OE stōd; c. ON stōth; akin to stand
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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  (2)
"horse used for breeding," O.E. stod "herd of horses, place where horses are kept for breeding," from P.Gmc. *stodo (cf. O.N. stoð, M.L.G. stod, O.H.G. stuot "herd of horses," Ger. Stute "mare"), from PIE base *sta- "to stand" (cf. O.C.S. stado "herd," Lith. stodas "a drove of horses;" see stet). Sense of "male horse kept for breeding" is first recorded 1803; meaning "man who is highly active and proficient sexually" is attested from 1895; that of "any young man" is from 1929.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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