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pud¹

  • /pʊd/ Australia, US, UK
  • /pɵd/ British, Southern, Standard
  • /pʉd/ Northern Ireland, Scotland

Rhymes with -ʊd

Where it comes from

Clipped form of pudding.

noun puds

  1. colloquial, countable, uncountable Pudding (either sweet or savoury).

pud²

  • /pʊd/

Rhymes with -ʊd

Where it comes from

Origin unknown. Perhaps from Scots pud (“little fat man”, a term of endearment) (see podge) or from pudendum.

noun puds

  1. countable, slang, uncountable Penis. Standing there, half-awake, pud in hand, he feels washed out and hungover, though he hasn't touched a drop in weeks.

pud³

  • /pʌd/ UK

Where it comes from

According to the OED, a nursery word. Perhaps from or related to Dutch poot (“hand”).

noun puds

  1. colloquial, dated Child's hand; child's fist. The kangaroos — your Aborigines — do they keep their primitive simplicity un-Europe-tainted, with those little short fore puds, looking like a lesson framed by Nature to the pickpocket!

pud⁴

  • /puːd/

noun puds

  1. alternative Alternative form of pood (“Russian weight”).

PUD⁵

noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of peptic ulcer disease

Pud⁶

Where it comes from

Probably short for pudding, a term of affection.

proper noun

  1. A unisex nickname. My dearest Pud, …

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MLA

"pud." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pud. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

pud. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pud

Chicago

"pud." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pud.

BibTeX
@misc{pud_2026,
  title = {pud},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pud},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}