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A tiny metal hero holding up your wall, your jeans, and your ego.
means A stud is an upright support post in a wall frame, a small projecting knob or peg used for fastening or decoration, or—informally—a man admired for his sexual prowess or general impressiveness.
from From Old English 'studu' meaning a post, pillar, or upright support — the literal timber holding up a wall. The metal-knob sense ('studded with jewels') grew from the same idea of something fixed upright and protruding. The 'virile man' sense is a 19th-century slide from 'stud' meaning a male horse kept for breeding (as in 'stud farm'), which itself traces back to Old English 'stod', a herd of horses — a cousin of words across the Germanic family for 'standing' and 'stallion-keeping'.
- framing
- Wall studs sit 16 inches apart by code
- horse world
- A stud is a breeding male, hence studly
- poker
- Stud poker deals cards face-up and down
- earrings
- Stud earrings stay put with no dangling drama
- tires
- Studded tires bite ice with metal spikes
secretariat — thoroughbred racehorse who sired 663 foals and won the triple crown in 1973
man o' war — legendary thoroughbred stallion with 64 wins, stood at stud producing 380 foals in early 1900s
northern dancer — canadian thoroughbred sire who produced over 600 foals including 48 stakes winners