Dictionary

pud en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /pʊd/ (Australia, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /pʉd/ (Northern-Ireland, Scotland)
• /pɵd/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• (Australia) audio

Etymology

Clipped form of pudding.

Meanings

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

Forms

Deriveds

pudsy

pud en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /pʊd/

Etymology

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

Meanings

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. 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 387:

Forms

Deriveds

pudknocker · pudwhacker · pull the pud · pull one's pud

Descendants

bud

pud en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /pʌd/ (UK)

Etymology

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

Meanings

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! 1823, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], Elia. Essays which have Appeared under that Signature in The London Magazine, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC:

Forms

pud en · NOUN · etymology 4

Pronunciation

• /puːd/

Meanings

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

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