What is a "stud"?

Answer 1

1. a male horse that has not been neutered 2. A type of post earring that does not dangle. 3. the wooden beams beneath the sheet-rock in the walls of a house. 4. Slang term for a male who has bedded many women.

Answer 2

a cute male, a n uncastrated male animal that is used for reproduction services, something in a wall, an earring.

this is what Merriam_Webster has to say

Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English stod, from Old English stOd; akin to Old Church Slavic stado flock and probably to Old High German stAn to stand -- more at STAND
1 a : a group of animals and especially horses kept primarily for breeding b : a place (as a farm) where a stud is kept
2 : STUDHORSE; broadly : a male animal kept for breeding
3 a : a young man : GUY; especially : one who is virile and promiscuous b : a tough person c : HUNK 2
- at stud : for breeding as a stud

Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English stode, from Old English studu; akin to Middle High German stud prop, Old Norse stoth post
1 a : one of the smaller uprights in the framing of the walls of a building to which sheathing, paneling, or laths are fastened : SCANTLING b : height from floor to ceiling
2 a : a boss, rivet, or nail with a large head used (as on a shield or belt) for ornament or protection b : a solid button with a shank or eye on the back inserted (as through an eyelet in a garment) as a fastener or ornament c : a small button-like ornament with a post for inserting through a body part (as the earlobe or nostril) and into a clasp
3 a : any of various infixed pieces (as a rod or pin) projecting from a machine and serving chiefly as a support or axis b : one of the metal or rubber cleats projecting from a snow tire to increase traction

Main Entry: 3stud
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): stud·ded; stud·ding
1 : to furnish (as a building or wall) with studs
2 : to adorn, cover, or protect with studs
3 : to set, mark, or decorate conspicuously often at intervals

Main Entry: 4stud
Function: abbreviation
student

Main Entry: stud poker
Function: noun
Etymology: 1stud
: poker in which each player is dealt the first card facedown and the other four cards faceup with a round of betting taking place after each of the last four rounds of dealing

Answer 3

A piece of wood inside a wall.

Answer 4

Any man wanting to be a legend in their own mind! Woo-hoo!

Answer 5

Male horse in "heat"

Answer 6

A male that is built for reproduction or is good at it.

Answer 7

its a guy that that's he is GODs gift to wemon

Answer 8

earing or man?

Answer 9

Y'R DADDY PIMP BITCHMASTER FLEX!!!!!

Answer 10

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stud1  /stʌd/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[stuhd] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation, noun, verb, stud‧ded, stud‧ding, adjective

–noun 1. a boss, knob, nailhead, or other protuberance projecting from a surface or part, esp. as an ornament.
2. any of various buttonlike, usually ornamental objects, mounted on a shank that is passed through an article of clothing to fasten it: a collar stud.
3. any of a number of slender, upright members of wood, steel, etc., forming the frame of a wall or partition and covered with plasterwork, siding, etc.
4. any of various projecting pins, lugs, or the like, on machines or other implements.
5. Automotive. any of a large number of small projecting lugs embedded in an automobile tire (studded tire) to improve traction on snowy or icy roads.
6. an earring consisting of a small, buttonlike ornament mounted on a metal post designed to pass through a pierced ear lobe.
7. Horology. the piece to which the fixed end of a hairspring is attached.
–verb (used with object) 8. to set with or as if with studs, bosses, or the like: The leather-covered door was studded with brass nails.
9. (of things) to be scattered over the expanse or surface of: Stars stud the sky.
10. to set or scatter (objects) at intervals over an expanse or surface: to stud raisins over a cake.
11. to furnish with or support by studs.
–adjective 12. ornamented with rivets, nailheads, or other buttonlike, usually metallic objects: a stud belt.


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[Origin: bef. 900; ME stude knob, post, OE studu post; c. MHG stud, ON stoth post]
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stud2  /stʌd/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[stuhd] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation,

–noun 1. a studhorse or stallion.
2. an establishment, as a farm, in which horses are kept for breeding.
3. a number of horses, usually for racing or hunting, bred or kept by one owner.
4. a male animal, as a bull or ram, kept for breeding.
5. a herd of animals kept for breeding.
6. Slang. a man, esp. one who is notably virile and sexually active.
7. Poker. stud poker.
–adjective 8. of, associated with, or pertaining to a studhorse or studhorses.
9. retained for breeding purposes.
—Idiom10. at or in stud, (of a male animal) offered for the purpose of breeding.


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[Origin: bef. 1000; 1920–25 for def. 6; ME; OE stōd; c. ON stōth; akin to stand]
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stud. 

student.

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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source new! stud2 (std) Pronunciation Key
n.

A group of animals, especially horses, kept for breeding.
A male animal, such as a stallion, that is kept for breeding.
A stable or farm where these animals are kept.
Slang.
A man regarded as virile and sexually active.
A man regarded as attractive.
Games. Stud poker.

Idiom:
at stud
Available or offered for breeding. Used of animals.


[Middle English stod, establishment for breeding horses, from Old English std. See st- in Indo-European Roots.]

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n.
An upright post in the framework of a wall for supporting sheets of lath, wallboard, or similar material.
A small knob, nail head, or rivet fixed in and slightly projecting from a surface.

A small ornamental button mounted on a short post for insertion through an eyelet, as on a dress shirt.
A buttonlike earring mounted on a slender post, as of gold or steel, for wearing in a pierced earlobe.

Any of various protruding pins or pegs in machinery, used mainly as a support or pivot.
One of a number of small metal cleats embedded in a snow tire to increase traction on slippery or snowy roads.
A metal crosspiece used as a brace in a link, as in a chain cable.

tr.v. stud·ded, stud·ding, studs
To provide with or construct with studs or a stud.
To set with studs or a stud: stud a bracelet with rubies.
To be scattered over: Daisies studded the meadow.


[Middle English stode, from Old English studu. See st- in Indo-European Roots.]

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n.
One who is enrolled or attends classes at a school, college, or university.

One who studies something: a student of contemporary dance.
An attentive observer: a student of world affairs.


[Middle English, alteration (influenced by Latin studre, to study), of studient, studiant from Old French estudiant, one who studies, from present participle of estudier, to study, from Medieval Latin studire, from Latin studium, study. See study.]

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stud

n 1: a man who is virile and sexually active [syn: he-man, macho-man] 2: ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt) [syn: rivet] 3: an upright in house framing [syn: scantling] 4: adult male horse kept for breeding [syn: studhorse] 5: poker in which each player receives hole cards and the remainder are dealt face up; bets are placed after each card is dealt [syn: stud poker] v 1: scatter or intersperse like dots or studs; "Hills constellated with lights" [syn: dot, constellate] 2: provide with or construct with studs; "stud the wall"

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