Dictionary

pudding en · NOUN

Pronunciation

po͝odʹing
/ˈpʊdɪŋɡ/ (Midlands, Northern-England) without the NG-coalescence
/ˈpɵdɪŋ/ (British, Southern, Standard)
/ˈpʉdɪŋ/ (Northern-Ireland, Scotland)
/ˈpʊdɪŋ/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation, US)
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Etymology

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.

Meanings

(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. 2004, Victoria Wise, The Pressure Cooker Gourmet, page 313:
- Steamed and boiled puddings have formed the basic diet of country people in northern Europe for centuries. Early puddings consisted of the scoured stomach of a sheep or pig, stuffed with its own suet and offal, which has been thickened with oatmeal, and boiled in water or baked in the ashes of a fire. 2004, Sarah Garland, The Complete Book of Herbs & Spices, page 199:
(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. 2007, Magdaleen Van Wyk, The Complete South African Cookbook, page 265:
(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.
- Jane Cavendish: Have you tried some fresh strawberry cheesecake? Tara Cavendish: Nope. I don't eat puddings. 1999 September 12, Anthony Horowitz et al., “Dead Man's Eleven”, in Midsomer Murders:
- We have apple pie for pudding today.
- Harold Winstanley: Is there any pudding? Doris Winstanley: Oh, yes. Rhubarb cobbler left over from Sunday. 1998 March 29, Caroline Graham, “Death of a Hollow Man”, in Midsomer Murders:
(countable, qualifier:originally, uncountable) A sausage made primarily from blood.
(countable, slang, uncountable) An overweight person.
(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 […] 2005, Ruzbeh N. Bharucha, Rest in Pieces, page 7:
(countable, slang, uncountable) Entrails.
- PUDDINGS, the guts; I'll let out your puddings. [1785, Francis Grose, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue:
- 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. 1715 November 15, To Mr James Neilsone, opposite the Tolbooth, Berwick; published as “Battle of Sheriffmuir”, in The Edinburgh Magazine, 14 March 1818, page 241:
(countable, obsolete, uncountable) Any food or victuals.
- Eat your pudding, slave, and hold your tongue. 1718, Matthew Prior, Merry Andrew:
(archaic, countable, slang, uncountable) A piece of good fortune.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
puddings	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Deriveds

Translations (104)

gl vincha (boiled or steamed cake or dessert) · ko 푸딩 (dessert similar to custard or mousse, containing a starchy thickening agent) · my ပူတင်း (boiled or steamed cake or dessert) · pl budyń (dessert similar to custard or mousse, containing a starchy thickening agent) · nl bloedworst (sausage made primarily from blood) · pt morcela (sausage made primarily from blood) · ru пу́динг (dessert similar to custard or mousse, containing a starchy thickening agent) · is búðingur (dessert similar to custard or mousse, containing a starchy thickening agent) · hu puding (boiled or steamed cake or dessert) · kl puutinngi (dessert similar to custard or mousse, containing a starchy thickening agent) · id puding (boiled or steamed cake or dessert) · rsk пудинґ (dessert similar to custard or mousse, containing a starchy thickening agent) · mi purini (boiled or steamed cake or dessert) · sh pùding (savoury dish prepared like a sweet pudding) · nb pudding (boiled or steamed cake or dessert) · gd marag (savoury dish prepared like a sweet pudding) · fi vanukas (dessert similar to custard or mousse, containing a starchy thickening agent) · ru пу́динг (savoury dish prepared like a sweet pudding) · jv puding (boiled or steamed cake or dessert) · pl kaszanka (sausage made primarily from blood) · be пудынг (dessert similar to custard or mousse, containing a starchy thickening agent) · pt pudim (boiled or steamed cake or dessert) · nl pudding (savoury dish prepared like a sweet pudding) · io puding (dessert similar to custard or mousse, containing a starchy thickening agent) · ja プリン (boiled or steamed cake or dessert) · fi verimakkara (sausage made primarily from blood) · is blóðmör (sausage made primarily from blood) · ar بُودِنْغ (boiled or steamed cake or dessert) · hi पुडिंग (boiled or steamed cake or dessert) · mi purini (savoury dish prepared like a sweet pudding) · ja プディング (boiled or steamed cake or dessert) · bg кървавица (sausage made primarily from blood) · ko 푸딩 (boiled or steamed cake or dessert) · bg пудинг (boiled or steamed cake or dessert) · it budino (dessert similar to custard or mousse, containing a starchy thickening agent) · sv blodpudding (sausage made primarily from blood) · ja プディング (dessert similar to custard or mousse, containing a starchy thickening agent) · fr pudding (dessert similar to custard or mousse, containing a starchy thickening agent) · yue 布甸 (dessert similar to custard or mousse, containing a starchy thickening agent) · bg пудинг (dessert similar to custard or mousse, containing a starchy thickening agent) · da budding (dessert similar to custard or mousse, containing a starchy thickening agent) · nl pens (sausage made primarily from blood) · de Pudding (boiled or steamed cake or dessert) · grc κυκεών (boiled or steamed cake or dessert) · ur پڈنگ (boiled or steamed cake or dessert) · gd marag (sausage made primarily from blood) · es pudín (dessert similar to custard or mousse, containing a starchy thickening agent) · ru пу́динг (boiled or steamed cake or dessert) · sv blodkorv (sausage made primarily from blood) · grc φύσκη (sausage made primarily from blood) · gl calleiro (boiled or steamed cake or dessert) · is slátur (sausage made primarily from blood) · cmn 布丁 (dessert similar to custard or mousse, containing a starchy thickening agent) · gd mìlsean (boiled or steamed cake or dessert) · pl pudding (boiled or steamed cake or dessert) · gl pudin (boiled or steamed cake or dessert) · mr खीर (savoury dish prepared like a sweet pudding) · de Pudding (dessert similar to custard or mousse, containing a starchy thickening agent) · ga putóg (sausage made primarily from blood) · sh пу̀динг (boiled or steamed cake or dessert) · it pudino (boiled or steamed cake or dessert) · hu véres hurka (sausage made primarily from blood) · sv pudding (dessert similar to custard or mousse, containing a starchy thickening agent) · da budding (boiled or steamed cake or dessert) · fa پودینگ (boiled or steamed cake or dessert) · da blodpølse (sausage made primarily from blood) · ga maróg (savoury dish prepared like a sweet pudding) · no blodpudding (sausage made primarily from blood) · sh пу̀динг (savoury dish prepared like a sweet pudding) · fr boudin (sausage made primarily from blood) · cmn 布甸 (boiled or steamed cake or dessert) · ja プリン (dessert similar to custard or mousse, containing a starchy thickening agent) · yue 布甸 (boiled or steamed cake or dessert) · es morcilla (sausage made primarily from blood) · de Blutwurst (sausage made primarily from blood) · tl puding (dessert similar to custard or mousse, containing a starchy thickening agent) · sh pùding (boiled or steamed cake or dessert) · it puddingo (boiled or steamed cake or dessert) · gl bandullo (boiled or steamed cake or dessert) · nl vla (savoury dish prepared like a sweet pudding) · it sanguinaccio (sausage made primarily from blood) · sv pudding (savoury dish prepared like a sweet pudding) · ga maróg (sausage made primarily from blood) · es pudin (dessert similar to custard or mousse, containing a starchy thickening agent) · ru кровяна́я колбаса́ (sausage made primarily from blood) · ro budincă (boiled or steamed cake or dessert) · tr puding (dessert similar to custard or mousse, containing a starchy thickening agent) · cmn 布丁 (boiled or steamed cake or dessert) · lb Pudding (dessert similar to custard or mousse, containing a starchy thickening agent) · la apothermum (boiled or steamed cake or dessert) · nl pudding (dessert similar to custard or mousse, containing a starchy thickening agent) · lb Träip (sausage made primarily from blood) · sv pudding (boiled or steamed cake or dessert) · crg poutchine (boiled or steamed cake or dessert) · cs pudink (dessert similar to custard or mousse, containing a starchy thickening agent) · fi vuoka (savoury dish prepared like a sweet pudding) · pt pudim (dessert similar to custard or mousse, containing a starchy thickening agent) · fr pudding (boiled or steamed cake or dessert) · nb pudding (dessert similar to custard or mousse, containing a starchy thickening agent) · jv pudhing (boiled or steamed cake or dessert) · ga milseán (boiled or steamed cake or dessert) · fi paistos (savoury dish prepared like a sweet pudding) · gl morcilla (sausage made primarily from blood) · fi kohokas (boiled or steamed cake or dessert)