stud – English noun declension

English noun forms of stud

Noun: stud
Singularstud
Pluralstuds

Sample Sentences

  • The King (then) went forth to visit the stud of broodmares, and the stables of the young steeds, he saw that they had famished them. [(Can we date this quote?), Society of Biblical Archaeology, Records of the Past: Being English Translations of the Assyrian and Egyptian Monuments, volume II, Samuel Bagster & Sons, page 90:]
  • When I was a kid-about ten -my friend's grandfather, John Stone, had a stud of cocks. [2000, Robert H. Rimmer, The Trade Off--My Husband/Your Wife, page 136:]
  • He had the finest stud in England, and his delight was to win plates from Tories. [1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XX, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:]
  • In freight working a considerable stud of ex-N.E.R. 3-cylinder 4-6-0s of Class "B16" is used, some of which include the Thompson modifications to the front end. [1949 November and December, O. S. Nock, “Twenty-Four Hours at York—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 358:]
  • At that time, therefore, L.M.S. motive power for the increased loads of the Birmingham trains was less than adequate, whereas the G.W.R. route had an ample stud of Churchward and Collett 4-6-0s, and timekeeping was good. [1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 98:]
  • It cannot be disputed that he put on the road, in this age of intense workings, a stud of locomotives the swiftness and reliability of which are second to none. [2013, O. S. Nock, The Locomotives of Sir Nigel Gresley, Read Books Limited:]
  • at stud
  • In the studs of persons of quality in Ireland, where care is taken, […]we see horses bred of excellent shape, vigour, and size. [1673, Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet, An Essay upon the Advancement of Trade in Ireland:]
  • Well, I'll tell you the truth now. I ain't a for-real cowboy, but I am one hell of a stud! [1969, Waldo Salt, Midnight Cowboy, spoken by Joe Buck (Jon Voight):]
  • Maverick, you big stud… Take me to bed or lose me forever. [1986, Jim Cash, Jack Epps Jr., Top Gun (motion picture), spoken by Charlie (Kelly McGillis):]
  • Wow, Julia! Sounds like to me like you got your pick of any man in this room to dance with so I want you to take your time and find amongst all these young studs here tonight the coolest, most un-losery guy in the bunch [1998, Tim Herlihy, The Wedding Singer, spoken by Robbie Hart (Adam Sandler):]
  • Those soap-opera studs and studettes sliding between satin sheets in the afternoon? [1999 December 16, Mark Wolf, “The V-chip has arrived with little fanfare”, in The Coshocton Tribune:]
  • Down and lonely stud, 23 years old, wants comfort from sweet-hearted fem. [1983 August 13, Lisa Smith, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 5, page 22:]

Etymology

From Middle English stood, stod, from Old English stōd, from Proto-West Germanic *stōd, from Proto-Germanic *stōdą. Cognate with Middle Low German stōt, German Stute, Dutch stoet and Old Norse stóð. See: German Nouns 'Stute', Dutch Nouns 'stoet'.

Verbs referencing "stud"

Icelandic Nouns stoð, Icelandic Nouns stóð.