pudding

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pudding

/ˈpʊdɪŋ/ Australia, UK, US
/ˈpɵdɪŋ/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˈpʊdɪŋɡ/ Midlands, Northern England
/ˈpʉdɪŋ/ Northern Ireland, Scotland

Rhymes with -ʊdɪŋ

Where it comes from

From circa 1305, Middle English podynge (“kind of sausage; meat-filled animal stomach”), puddynge, from Old French boudin (“blood sausage, black pudding”), from Latin botellus (“sausage, small intestine”). Doublet of boudin.

* An alternative etymology assumes origin from Proto-Germanic *put-, *pud- (“to swell”) (compare dialectal English pod (“belly”), Old English puduc (“wen, sore”), Low German puddig (“swollen”), Westphalian Puddek (“lump, pudding”), Puddewurst (“black pudding”). More at pout.

noun puddings

countable, uncountable Any of various dishes, sweet or savoury, prepared by boiling or steaming or from batter. The dishes in this chapter represent a range of multiethnic savory custards and steamed puddings, including a few surprises like a chèvre popover pudding and a bread pudding with lettuce and cheese.
countable, uncountable A type of cake or dessert cooked usually by boiling or steaming. Steamed puddings, a favourite for winter, are both easy to make and delicious. Served with one of the sweet sauces (recipes 497 to 506) they make a filling and satisfying end to a meal.
countable, uncountable A type of dessert that has a texture similar to custard or mousse but using some kind of starch as the thickening agent.
Australia, New Zealand, UK, countable, uncountable Dessert; the dessert course of a meal. We have apple pie for pudding today.
Similar: afters, dessert, pud, sweet
countable, uncountable A sausage made primarily from blood.
Similar: black pudding, blood sausage
countable, slang, uncountable An overweight person.
Similar: fatty, porker, All are derogatory unless otherwise labeled, butterball, chod, chodder, chubbs, chubster, chunker, chunky monkey, elephant, fat
countable, endearing, uncountable A term of endearment. "How is my little pudding?" Jehan nuzzles up to me and rests his little head on my shoulder, still chuckling […]
Similar: dumpling
countable, slang, uncountable Entrails. I pray God he may recover, though there is little hopes; as there is of Coll Halley, being shott throw the body; and of Capt. Urquhart of Burdyeyeards, being wounded in the belly, after being made prisoner, soe that his puddings hang out.
Similar: bowels, guts, innards
countable, obsolete, uncountable Any food or victuals. Eat your pudding, slave, and hold your tongue.
Similar: fodder, provisions, aliment, bait, belly-timber, chow, comestibles, cuisine, eatables, eats, edibles, feed
archaic, countable, slang, uncountable A piece of good fortune.
Similar: lucky break, stroke of luck

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: pud, cake, fruitcake, cheesecake, cookie, porridge, pie, cupcake, sausage, dessert, sundae, cream, cornstarch, crème, tapioca, creamer

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noun boiled or steamed cake or dessert

한국어	푸딩 puding
日本語	プリン purin, プディング pudingu
中文	布丁 bùdīng, 布甸 bùdiàn
हिन्दी	पुडिंग puḍiṅg
Português	pudim
Français	pudding
Deutsch	Pudding
Italiano	puddingo, pudino
Română	budincă
Русский	пу́динг púding
العربية	بُودِنْغ budinḡ

noun savoury dish prepared like a sweet pudding

Русский	пу́динг púding

noun dessert similar to custard or mousse, containing a starchy thickening agent

Español	pudin, pudín
한국어	푸딩 puding
日本語	プリン purin, プディング pudingu
中文	布丁 bùdīng
Português	pudim
Français	pudding
Deutsch	Pudding
Italiano	budino
Русский	пу́динг púding

noun sausage made primarily from blood

Español	morcilla
Português	morcela
Français	boudin
Deutsch	Blutwurst
Italiano	sanguinaccio
Русский	кровяна́я колбаса́ krovjanája kolbasá

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@misc{pudding_2026,
  title = {pudding},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pudding},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}