Pudding Definition

po͝odĭng
noun
A soft, mushy or creamy food, usually made with a base of flour, cornstarch, cornmeal, etc., and boiled or baked.
Webster's New World
A mixture with a soft, puddinglike consistency.
American Heritage
A sweetened dessert, usually of similar consistency and usually steamed or baked, variously containing eggs, milk, fruit, etc.
Webster's New World
A sausage made of intestine stuffed with meat, suet, etc. and boiled.
Webster's New World
Any dessert.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Pudding

Noun

Singular:
pudding
Plural:
puddings

Origin of Pudding

  • 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.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English a kind of sausage from Old French boudin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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