a new question , what is "stud"?

[derek]

what does it mean exactly?

[GBRaul]

It can mean a male animal usually a stallion (male horse) or a man that is regarded as virile and or or attractive.

[Exodus]

or it can be the little peice they give you when you first pierce something, they throw the stud in there to keep the hole open instead of some fancy smanshy ring or something.

[BillyGalbreath]

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.
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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
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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
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[sfalexi]

Or a cross piece of 2 x 4 in a building.

For example, when you put a nail in the wall, you look for a "stud" (to make it easier you can buy an electric "stud finder" you can buy at a store, or simply by knocking on the wall and waiting for the hollow sound to go away.

Rod Steele

[BillyGalbreath]

Or a cross piece of 2 x 4 in a building.

For example, when you put a nail in the wall, you look for a "stud" (to make it easier you can buy an electric "stud finder" you can buy at a store, or simply by knocking on the wall and waiting for the hollow sound to go away.

Rod Steele

I already said that...

...An upright post in the framework of a wall for supporting sheets of lath, wallboard, or similar material...

[sfalexi]

lol. Sorry dude. I saw the ------------------ and thought that everything underneath was like a signature or something and stopped reading. My bad!

Rod Steele

[BillyGalbreath]

Ah - I should stop putting those things there - I kinda do it in alot of posts... I never thought that it might confuse someone like that - very simple mistake. hehe