stud

stud1 [ stʌd ] noun *

▸ 1 small piece of metal

▸ 2 sexually attractive man

▸ 3 wooden support for wall

▸ 4 male animal for breeding

▸ 5 type of card game

1. ) count a small piece of metal that sticks up from the surface of something, usually as a decoration:

a jacket covered with metal studs

a ) a small piece of jewelry on a short metal post that is worn through a part of your body:

ear/nose/tongue stud

b ) a small piece of metal on a short metal base that decorates or fastens clothing

c ) a small piece of metal on a tire to prevent slipping on snow and ice

2. ) count INFORMAL a man who is admired for being sexually attractive and good at sex:

He thinks he's such a stud.

3. ) count a wooden support for a wall in a building

4. ) count a valuable male animal with good qualities, especially a horse or BULL that people BREED to produce young animals

a ) a group of male horses kept together for BREEDING

b ) put out/retire to stud to keep a male animal that no longer works for BREEDING:

When Ebony grew too old to race they put him out to stud.

5. ) uncount a type of POKER (=card game):

seven-card stud

stud

stud 2 [ stʌd ] verb transitive usually passive

to be in many different places in an area or on the surface of something:

Thousands of colored stones studded the walls.

stud something with something: a dark sky studded with stars