stud

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
stud1

▶noun

• 1 a large-headed piece of metal that pierces and projects from a surface, especially for decoration.

  ■ Brit. a small projection fixed to the base of a shoe or boot to provide better grip.

  ■ a small object projecting slightly from a road surface as a marker.

• 2 a small piece of jewellery which is pushed through a pierced ear or nostril.

• 3 a fastener consisting of two buttons joined with a bar, used in formal wear to fasten a shirt front or to fasten a collar to a shirt.

• 4 an upright timber in a wall to which laths and plasterboard are nailed.

  ■ US the height of a room as indicated by the length of this.

• 5 a rivet or crosspiece in each link of a chain cable.

▶verb (studs, studding, studded)

• 1 decorate with studs or similar small objects.

• 2 strew or scatter: the sky was studded with stars.

– derivatives
studding noun.

– origin OE studu, stuthu ‘post, upright prop’.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
stud2

▶noun

• 1 an establishment where horses or other domesticated animals are kept for breeding.

• 2 (also stud horse) a stallion.

• 3 informal a sexually active or virile young man.

• 4 (also stud poker) a form of poker in which the first card of a player's hand is dealt face down and the others face up, with betting after each round of the deal.

– origin OE stōd, of Gmc origin; rel. to stand.