Definition of pudding Pudding

/pʊˈdɪŋ/ - [puding] - pud•ding

We found 19 definitions of pudding from 7 different sources.

What does pudding mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: puddings
pudding - any of various soft sweet desserts thickened usually with flour and baked or boiled or steamed
		afters, dessert, sweet a dish served as the last course of a meal
		flummery a bland custard or pudding especially of oatmeal
		christmas pudding, plum pudding a rich steamed or boiled pudding that resembles cake
		steamed pudding a pudding cooked by steaming
		duff, plum duff a stiff flour pudding steamed or boiled usually and containing e.g. currants and raisins and citron
		vanilla pudding sweet vanilla flavored custard-like pudding usually thickened with flour rather than eggs
		chocolate pudding sweet chocolate flavored custard-like pudding usually thickened with flour rather than eggs
		brown betty baked pudding of apples and breadcrumbs
		nesselrode, nesselrode pudding a rich frozen pudding made of chopped chestnuts and maraschino cherries and candied fruits and liqueur or rum
		pease pudding a pudding made with strained split peas mixed with egg
		tapioca pudding sweet pudding thickened with tapioca
		roly-poly pudding, roly-poly pudding made of suet pastry spread with jam or fruit and rolled up and baked or steamed
pudding - (British) the dessert course of a meal (`pud' is used informally)
		pud
		afters, dessert, sweet a dish served as the last course of a meal
		britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland, great britain a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
pudding - any of various soft thick unsweetened baked dishes; "corn pudding"
		dish a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food; "we gave them a set of dishes for a wedding present"
		carrot pudding pudding made with grated carrots

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Wiktionary

pudding (Noun)
A sausage made primarily from blood.
pudding (Noun)
Any of various dishes, sweet or savoury, prepared by boiling or steaming, or from batter.
pudding (Noun)
A type of cake or dessert cooked usually by boiling or steaming.
pudding (Noun)
A type of dessert that has a texture similar to custard or mousse but using some kind of starch as the thickening agent.
pudding (Noun)
Dessert; the dessert course of a meal.
pudding (Noun)
An overweight person.
pudding (Noun)
Entrails.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

pudding (n.)
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.
pudding (n.)
Anything resembling, or of the softness and consistency of, pudding.
pudding (n.)
An intestine; especially, an intestine stuffed with meat, etc.; a sausage.
pudding (n.)
Any food or victuals.
pudding (n.)
Same as Puddening.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

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.]

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

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.

Wikipedia

Pudding is a popular dessert and snack. It tastes sweet, and comes in many flavors. The most common kind of pudding is chocolate. Some other kinds are vanilla, butterscotch, banana, and pistachio. Most pudding today is made out of milk, sugar, flavoring, and flour. Eggs can be used, too. If you do not want to make the pudding, you do not have to. The grocery store sells pudding that is already made. One of the most popular makers of pudding in the United States is Jell-O.

In Britain the word "pudding" is often used for any dessert, especially a dessert made with flour and eggs and cooked by steaming, boiling or baking, e.g. treacle pudding, chocolate pudding or Spotted Dick (pudding with raisins or currants). There are also milk puddings such as rice pudding or semolina.

Confusingly, "steak and kidney pudding" is a savoury dish, similar to "steak and kidney pie" but with a softer pastry.