as in hunk
a physically attractive man
she promised her friend that the blind date would be a real stud
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Recent Examples of stud
Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2025
Waddle has had an impressive NFL start, but Chase is arguably the biggest young stud in the NFL that’s not a quarterback.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2025
Mikelle Street, WWD, 7 Feb. 2025
Explosions of carmine bougainvillea and slate-green spikes of agave studded the desert landscape.
—Brittani Sonnenberg, Travel + Leisure, 1 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Everything in the house was torn down to the studs, save for the three bedrooms, which still sustained smoke damage.
—Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2025
Waddle has had an impressive NFL start, but Chase is arguably the biggest young stud in the NFL that’s not a quarterback.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2025
Verb
The dress featured shoulder pads, cap sleeves and is made of mesh studded with crystals.
—Mikelle Street, WWD, 7 Feb. 2025
Explosions of carmine bougainvillea and slate-green spikes of agave studded the desert landscape.
—Brittani Sonnenberg, Travel + Leisure, 1 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stud
Noun
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His Girl Hollywood’s hero takes major inspiration from classic movie hunk Gene Kelly, particularly this film and its zany organized crime antics.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
People.com,
10 Feb. 2025
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This is the stuff, Kravitz suggests, that modern-day dreams are made of: the dead-eyed hunk, the state of permanent vacation, the numbing cycles of consumption and overindulgence.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
6 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Hardly wide enough to stand on, sometimes as thin as a phone case, teensy balconies have been striping the façades of new, multifamily buildings across Brooklyn and Queens at a rate inversely proportional to their usefulness.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
24 Feb. 2025
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Some are near-alabaster or silvery, others the darkest of greens, and there are variegated choices, striped or mottled in gold or white or silver.—
Margaret Roach,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2025
Verb
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On Tuesday, a federal judge denied a request to temporarily bar DOGE teams from accessing internal government systems and removing employees from U.S. agencies, handing Trump a win on one of his signature initiatives.—
Bloomberg News,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Feb. 2025
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Vukov then flew to Melbourne for the Australian Open in January, despite being barred from the event, with Tennis Australia refusing to issue him a credential.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
The Athletic,
18 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Defying gravity This week, flaming debris from a SpaceX launch vehicle streaked across the skies over Germany, while what may have been a fuel tank landed in Poland.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
23 Feb. 2025
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The descriptions are diverse: luminous balls rolling along the ground or floating above it, aurora-like clouds in the sky, streaks shooting through the air, all in a range of color.—
Cody Cottier,
Discover Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The 360-acre preserve is home to a variety of mammals, including bobcats, raccoons, armadillos, opossums, rabbits and foxes.—
Joe Rassel,
Orlando Sentinel,
19 Feb. 2025
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The racks of fox, mink and Mongolian at booths, including the Igala NYC and the Jennie Walker Archive, which was selling a sable coat for $2,495, were swarmed by shoppers, many already wearing fur.—
Dolly Faibyshev,
New York Times,
16 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Young debuted the Chrome Hearts band during a show last year and has said an album from the group is tentatively slated for release in April.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
24 Feb. 2025
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Kevin and Danielle Jonas might have the makings of a Jonas Sisters band on their hands.—
Alexandra Schonfeld,
People.com,
12 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Duke did things to Illinois on Saturday at Madison Square Garden, in a 110-67 eyeful that wasn’t as close as the final score, to shush talk of a weak ACC potentially costing Cooper and the fighting Flaggs a No. 1 seed.—
Joe Rexrode,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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Decorated with an assemblage of train signage, colorful lights and faux storefronts, Hibiki BBQ offers an eyeful as guests grill Japanese, Australian and American Wagyu, pork jowl, scallops, beef tongue, vegetables, squid and more.—
Stephanie Breijo,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Sep. 2024
Verb
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Lively and Baldoni's trial is set for March 9, 2026.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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So there seems to be both a city and a state in Severance world that don’t exist in hours, on top of the ambiguities about when this is supposed to be set, given the mix of retro and futuristic technology.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Stud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stud. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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