Stud may refer to the following terms:
Animals
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Stud (animal), an animal retained for breeding
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Stud farm, a property where livestock are bred
Arts and entertainment
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Stud (band)
Stud is an English/ Northern Irish rock band from the early 1970s, that featured two members of Taste - bassist Charlie McCracken and drummer John Wilson - along with former Family and Eric Burdon & the Animals member - bass guitarist John Weid ...
, a British progressive rock group
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The Stud (bar)
The Stud is a queer bar located in South of Market, San Francisco. It was started by associates George Matson and Alexis Muir (Alexis was a transgender woman then known as Richard Conroy) on May 27, 1966.Freeman, M. (1994). The Stud: A Dreamspace ...
, a gay bar in San Francisco
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''The Stud'' (film), a 1978 film starring Joan Collins and Oliver Tobias
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''The Stud'' (novel), by Jackie Collins
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''Studs'' (game show), a dating show from the early 1990s
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Stud poker
Stud poker is any of a number of poker variants in which each player receives a mix of face-down and face-up cards dealt in multiple betting rounds. Stud games are also typically '' non-positional'' games, meaning that the player who bets first ...
, a card game with numerous variations, including:
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Five-card stud
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Seven-card stud
Seven-card stud, also known as Seven-Toed Pete or Down-The-River is a variant of stud poker. Before the 2000s surge of popularity of Texas hold 'em, seven-card stud was the most widely played poker variant in home games across the United States, a ...
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Caribbean stud poker
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''Studs'' (film), a 2006 Irish film by
Paul Mercier
* Studs McGirdle, a character in
''Cars'' (film)
Other uses
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Cleat (shoe)
Cleats or studs are protrusions on the sole of a shoe or on an external attachment to a shoe that provide additional traction on a soft or slippery surface. They can be conical or blade-like in shape and can be made of plastic, rubber or metal ...
, a protrusion on the sole of a shoe worn for playing sports
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Shirt stud
A shirt stud is a decorative fastener that fits onto a buttonhole on the front of a pleated shirt, or onto the starched bib of a stiff-front shirt. Such shirts have special buttonholes solely for shirt studs.
A shirt stud may be fashioned from all ...
, a decorative fastener
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Threaded rod
A threaded rod, also known as a stud, is a relatively long rod that is threaded on both ends; the thread may extend along the complete length of the rod. They are designed to be used in tension. Threaded rod in bar stock form is often called all ...
, a kind of bolt
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Wall stud
A wall stud is a vertical repetitive framing member in a building's wall of smaller cross section than a post. It is a fundamental element in frame building.
Etymology
''Stud'' is an ancient word related to similar words in Old English, Old Nor ...
, a vertical member in construction
* Small metal pins on
snow tires to increase traction
* A term for a
promiscuous male
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Stud., an abbreviation for student
See also
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Stud contact system
The stud contact system is an obsolete ground-level power supply system for electric trams. Power supply studs were set in the road at intervals and connected to a buried electric cable by switches operated by magnets on the tramcars. Current was ...
, a power supply system for tramways
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Stud welding
Stud welding is a technique similar to flash welding where a fastener or specially formed nut is welded onto another metal part, typically a base metal or substrate. The fastener can take different forms, but typically fall under threaded, unthre ...
, a form of spot welding
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