stud 1 of 2

as in hunk
a physically attractive man she promised her friend that the blind date would be a real stud

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stud

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verb

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Recent Examples of stud
Noun
Styles include regular straight leg jeans and studded bootcut jeans available in black, indigo and sea salt washes, and a knit denim button-down shirt and belted shirt dress. Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 23 Sep. 2025 What she’s produced is a searching, pointedly disorienting text, studded with passages of extreme beauty and generous humor, that wears whimsy like a shivering veil over consuming discomfort, even terror. Paul McAdory, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
The suede finish and subtle stud detailing instantly elevate any outfit, while the warm brown tone adds a fall-ready touch. Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2025 Punk studs adorned a open collar necklace, albeit one finished with a bow. Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for stud
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stud
Noun
  • Netflix’s homepage and social-media accounts tease a series full of shirtless hunks, and the characters often shower together, showing off their butts.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
  • And Prince William would have been forgiven for blushing when Kate pointedly replied that the poster had in fact shown the TV hunk from a famous Levi advert.
    Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The reversible design — solid on one side and subtly striped on the other — adds just the right amount of texture to any space.
    Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
  • As at Four Horsemen, where an oeuf mayonnaise is zebra-striped with squid ink and humble beans are treated like precious gems, Curtola trusts his diners to venture beyond obvious crowd-pleasers.
    Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Keaton also starred as a playwright/mother who becomes involved with a nefarious womanizer (Jack Nicholson) in Something’s Gotta Give (2003), good for her fourth best actress Oscar nomination.
    Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2025
  • But in addition to his reputation as a womanizer, Casanova was also a con man, a skilled liar who came from a family of actors and who over the course of his life manipulated and tricked countless people to maintain wealth and status.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Tuesday administrative order from the court bars civil arrests, without a warrant, of a party or witness to proceedings at the local courthouse, within and around any of the Cook County courthouses.
    Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 18 Oct. 2025
  • This may very well mean that Wentz, who has performed admirably as the starter, could be set to start the next two games for the Vikings barring a drastic improvement of McCarthy's status.
    Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Man, that jolt felt like Emmanuel Sanders streaking down the sidelines at Cleveland.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Start just after sunset to catch the comets glowing near the horizon and stay past midnight to witness meteors streaking across the sky.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The saddle is typical of the period and would have been used for both pleasure riding and vigorous pursuits such as fox hunting, Brown said.
    Jennifer Brett, Nashville Tennessean, 20 Oct. 2025
  • But when a famous author sneaks into town and a body is found in his penthouse apartment, cunning fox investigator Vera Vixen must piece together what happened.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But my opinion began to change in 2002, when a flamingo that was banded as a chick at Rio Lagartos was photographed in Florida Bay.
    Jerome Lorenz, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2025
  • After calls for a reunion tour following last year’s standout performances at Coachella, No Doubt is banding back together for a residency at Las Vegas’ Sphere, with six shows slated for 2026.
    Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Fans at home got an eyeful as muscleman Mike Munz, vocal duo Crash Adams, acrobatic pair The TT Boys, dance act The Funkateers Dancers, singing ensemble The Birmingham Youth Fellowship Choir, and others got down to business.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Get an eyeful of Davidson on The Tonight Show in the interview above.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 23 July 2025

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“Stud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stud. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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