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Grammar : Noun
Spell : stuhd
Phonetic Transcription : stʌd



Définition of stud

Origin :
  • "nailhead, knob," Old English studu "pillar, prop, post," from Proto-Germanic *stud- (cf. Old Norse stoð "staff, stick," prop. "stay," Middle High German stud, Old English stow "place"), from PIE *stu-, variant of root *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Sense expanded by late 14c. to include ornamental devices fixed in and projecting from a surface. The verb is c.1500 in the literal sense of "set with studs," 1560s in studded with "as though sprinkled with nails with conspicuous heads."
  • noun studding
  • noun post
Example sentences :
  • He creepin' went and watchin' stud, And he thought to hold her fast.
  • Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald
  • Sutter touched a stud and the electric runabout coasted to a halt.
  • Extract from : « Made in Tanganyika » by Carl Richard Jacobi
  • Come an' have a dhrink, me son,' sez Peg Barney, staggerin' where he stud.
  • Extract from : « Soldiers Three, Part II. » by Rudyard Kipling
  • He picked up a microphone, touched a stud, and turned a knob.
  • Extract from : « The Players » by Everett B. Cole
  • "Stud's undone, old chap," said his opponent as he paid his debt.
  • Extract from : « Quin » by Alice Hegan Rice
  • The turf, too, was not merely the scene of the triumphs of his stud and his betting-book.
  • Extract from : « Lord George Bentinck » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • "Smile pretty, everybody," Garlock said, and pressed a stud.
  • Extract from : « The Galaxy Primes » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • Hoddan adjusted the wave-guide and pressed the stud of his instrument.
  • Extract from : « The Pirates of Ersatz » by Murray Leinster
  • He took a small handset from his pocket and pressed the stud.
  • Extract from : « Out Like a Light » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • Moya responded as if he had been waiting with his finger on the stud.
  • Extract from : « Attrition » by Jim Wannamaker

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