1. Ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault, shield or belt)
   "The leather jacket was adorned with metal studs";
   - rivet
    
2. A fastener for shirt fronts and collars consisting of two discs joined by a bar
   "He struggled to insert the stud into his dinner jacket shirt"
    
3. [Brit] One of the rounded projecting grips on the bottom of a sports boots, etc.
   "a stud came off his football boots"
    
4. Adult male horse kept for breeding
   "The champion racehorse was retired to become a stud";
   - studhorse
    
5. An upright in house framing
   "The carpenter carefully positioned the studs to support the roof";
   - scantling
    
6. [informal] A man who is virile and sexually active
   "He tried to portray himself as a stud, but his friends saw through the act";
   - he-man [informal], macho-man
    
7. Poker in which each player receives hole cards and the remainder are dealt face up; bets are placed after each card is dealt
   "Seven-card stud poker was once the most widely played poker variant";
   - stud poker
    
8. A small earring or similar small piece of jewellery that in held by a body piercing
   "She wore a diamond stud in her nose"

1. Scatter or intersperse like dots or studs
   "Hills studded with lights";
   - dot, constellate
    
2. (carpentry) provide with or construct with studs
   "stud the wall"

Derived forms: studs, studded, studding

Type of: add, adult male, bozo [N. Amer, informal], cat [N. Amer, informal], chappie [Brit, informal], continue, cover, decoration, entire, extend, geezer [Brit, informal], guy [informal], hombre [N. Amer, informal], man, ornament, ornamentation, poker, poker game, sod [informal], stallion, upright, vertical

Part of: building, edifice

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