stud

Pronunciation

• enPR: stŭd, IPA ^(key): /stʌd/, SAMPA: /stVd/

• Audio (UK)

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Noun

Singular stud

Plural studs

1. A stud type of game in the card game poker.
2. (jewelry) A stud is a small round earring.

   She's wearing studs in her ears.

3. A stud is a small thing that protrudes from something.
4. (countable) (slang) A stud is a male who is sexually attractive.

Related words

• studded

Verb

Plain form stud

Third-person singular studs

Past tense studded

Past participle studded

Present participle studding

1. If you stud something, you decorate or furnish it with studs (sense 3).