English
pudding
Pronunciation
  • enPR: po͝odʹing, IPA: /ˈpʊd.ɪŋ/
Noun

pudding

  1. Any of various dishes, sweet or savoury, prepared by boiling or steaming, or from batter.
    • 2004, Victoria Wise, The Pressure Cooker Gourmet, page 313 ↗,
      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, Sarah Garland, The Complete Book of Herbs & Spices, page 199 ↗,
      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.
  2. A type of cake or dessert cooked usually by boiling or steaming.
    • 2007, Magdaleen Van Wyk, The Complete South African Cookbook, page 265 ↗,
      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.
  3. A type of dessert that has a texture similar to custard or mousse but using some kind of starch as the thickening agent.
  4. (UK, Australia, New Zealand) Dessert; the dessert course of a meal.
    We have apple pie for pudding today.
  5. (originally) A sausage made primarily from blood.
  6. (slang) An overweight person.
  7. (slang) Entrails.
  8. (obsolete) Any food or victuals.
    • Eat your pudding, slave, and hold your tongue.
  9. (archaic, slang) A piece of good fortune.
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  • Russian: пу́динг
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