stud

Meanings

Plural: studs

Noun

• a man who is virile and sexually active
• ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt)
• an upright in house framing
• adult male horse kept for breeding
• poker in which each player receives hole cards and the remainder are dealt face up; bets are placed after each card is dealt
• A male animal, especially a stud horse (stallion), kept for breeding.
• A female animal, especially a studmare (broodmare), kept for breeding.
• A group of such animals, also of locomotives.
• An animal (usually livestock) that has been registered and is retained for breeding.
• A place, such as a ranch, where such animals are kept.
• A sexually attractive, promiscuous male.
• A sexually dominant lesbian, chiefly African-American.
• A small object that protrudes from something; an ornamental knob.
• A style of earring where the decorative element is mounted on a straight post.
• 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.
• A stem; a trunk.
• A type of poker in which the player cannot discard, and some of the cards are exposed.
• A short rod or pin, fixed in and projecting from something, and sometimes forming a journal.
• A stud bolt.
• An iron brace across the shorter diameter of the link of a chain cable.
• Clipping of student.

Verb

• scatter or intersperse like dots or studs
• provide with or construct with studs
  • "stud the wall"
• To set with studs; to furnish with studs.
• To decorate as a stud does.
• To be scattered over the surface of (something) at intervals.
• To set (something) over a surface at intervals.

Synonyms

constellate, dot, he-man, hunk, macho-man, rivet, scantling, sire, stallion, stud poker, studhorse