Definitions for pudding
ˈpʊd ɪŋpud·ding

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. puddingnoun

   any of various soft thick unsweetened baked dishes

   "corn pudding"

2. pudding, pudnoun

   (British) the dessert course of a meal (`pud' is used informally)

3. puddingnoun

   any of various soft sweet desserts thickened usually with flour and baked or boiled or steamed

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. puddingnoun

   A sausage made primarily from blood.

2. puddingnoun

   A type of cake or dessert cooked usually by boiling or steaming.

3. puddingnoun

   Any of various savoury dishes prepared in a similar way to a sweet pudding (eg, meat pudding) or from batter

4. puddingnoun

   A type of dessert that has a texture similar to custard or mousse but using some kind of starch as the thickening agent.

5. puddingnoun

   Dessert; the dessert course of a meal.

   We have apple pie for pudding today.

6. puddingnoun

   An overweight person.

7. puddingnoun

   entrails

8. Etymology: c. 1305, poding 'kind of sausage; meat-filled animal stomach', from put- 'to swell' (compare English dialect pod 'belly', Old English puduc 'wen, sore', Low German puddig 'swollen', (Westphalian) Puddek 'lump, pudding', Puddewurst 'black pudding'). More at pout.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Puddingnoun

   Etymology: potten, Welsh, an intestine; boudin, French; puding, Swedish.

   1. A kind of food very variously compounded, but generally made of meal, milk, and eggs.

   Sallads, and eggs, and lighter fare
   Tune the Italian spark’s guitar;
   And if I take Dan Congreve right,
   Pudding and beef make Britons fight. Matthew Prior.

   2. The gut of an animal.

   He’ll yield the crow a pudding one of these days; the king has kill’d his heart. William Shakespeare, Henry V.

   As sure as his guts are made of puddings. William Shakespeare.

   3. A bowel stuffed with certain mixtures of meal and other ingredients.

   Mind neither good nor bad, nor right nor wrong,
   But eat your pudding, slave, and hold your tongue. Matthew Prior.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pudding

   Pudding is a type of food that can be either a dessert or a savory dish. The dessert variety is typically sweet, creamy, and smooth, often made from milk, sugar, flavorings, and a thickening agent like cornstarch or gelatin. It can be served chilled or hot, with different flavors including vanilla, chocolate, butterscotch, and more. The savory kind, popular in British cuisine, includes dishes like black pudding or Yorkshire pudding and is often made from various meats or vegetables put together with a dough or batter and then baked or steamed. The term 'pudding' also generally refers to the final course or dessert served at the end of a meal in British English.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Puddingnoun

   a species of food of a soft or moderately hard consistence, variously made, but often a compound of flour or meal, with milk and eggs, etc

2. Puddingnoun

   anything resembling, or of the softness and consistency of, pudding

3. Puddingnoun

   an intestine; especially, an intestine stuffed with meat, etc.; a sausage

4. Puddingnoun

   any food or victuals

5. Puddingnoun

   same as Puddening

6. Etymology: [Cf. F. boudin black pudding, sausage, L. botulus, botellus, a sausage, G. & Sw. pudding pudding, Dan. podding, pudding, LG. puddig thick, stumpy, W. poten, potten, also E. pod, pout, v.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pudding

   Pudding most often refers to a dessert, but can also be a savory dish. The word pudding is believed to come from the French boudin, originally from the Latin botellus, meaning "small sausage", referring to encased meats used in Medieval European puddings.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pudding

   pōōd′ing, n. a skin or gut filled with seasoned minced meat, &c., a sausage: a soft kind of food made of flour, milk, eggs, &c.: a piece of good fortune.—adjs. Pudd′ing-faced, having a fat, round, smooth face; Pudd′ing-head′ed (coll.), stupid.—ns. Pudd′ing-pie, a pudding with meat baked in it; Pudd′ing-sleeve, a large loose sleeve; Pudd′ing-stone, a conglomerate rock made up of rounded pebbles; Pudd′ing-time, dinner-time: (obs.) critical time. [Prob. Celt., as W. poten, Ir. putog—put, a bag. The Low Ger. pudding, Fr. boudin, L. botulus, are prob. all related words.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pudding

   A thick wreath of yarns, matting, or oakum (called a dolphin), tapering from the middle towards the ends, grafted all over, and fastened about the main or fore masts of a ship, directly below the trusses, to prevent the yards from falling down, in case of the ropes by which they are suspended being shot away. Puddings are also placed on a boat's stem as a kind of fender; and also laid round the rings of anchors to prevent hempen cables or hawsers from chafing.

Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pudding

   From Stow’s description of “Pudding Lane” it would seem that the puddings of his day were scarcely edible productions. The word is derived from the Celtic poten, a bag, and was applied originally in the sense of a modern hog’s pudding or black pudding--to wit, a sausage.

Matched Categories

1. • Dessert
   • Dish

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'pudding' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2802

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'pudding' in Nouns Frequency: #2858

How to pronounce pudding?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say pudding in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of pudding in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of pudding in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of pudding in a Sentence

1. Paul Offit:

   People can claim what they want, but the proof is in the pudding, and this is the pudding.

2. Ken Jeong:

   The bigger picture is to have more Asian-American filmmakers' voices being heard on a major commercial studio platform. It's bigger than me. It's bigger than us, the proof is in the pudding. It's commercially viable, it's profitable. When you're hearing people of color, African Americans, Asian Americans, Latino Americans, you're hearing all of us.

3. Gene Wu:

   But, as we say, the proof is in the pudding, let's see what actually happens.

4. Miguel de Cervantes:

   The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

5. Jussi Pylkkanen:

   This was a sale that took place against a backdrop of some uncertainty, the proof was in the pudding.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=pudding
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pudding
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=pudding
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pudding
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=pudding
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=pudding
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=pudding
9. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=pudding