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pudding

pud·ding

UK/ˈpɵdɪŋ/ US/ˈpʊdɪŋ/ fairly common slang uk

noun

1.

any of various soft thick unsweetened baked dishes

  • “corn pudding”
2.

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

Synonyms
3.

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

Origin

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.

Phrases

  • amber pudding
  • bag pudding
  • Bakewell pudding
  • banana pudding
  • batter pudding
  • bird's nest pudding
  • black pudding
  • blood pudding

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