pudding

noun

pud·​ding ˈpu̇-diŋ 

plural puddings

1

: blood sausage

2

a(1)

: a boiled or baked soft food usually with a cereal base

corn pudding

bread pudding

(2)

: a dessert of a soft, spongy, or thick creamy consistency

especially : one made from sweetened milk or cream cooked with a thickener (such as eggs, flour, tapioca, or cornstarch) and usually flavored

chocolate/vanilla pudding

(3)

British : dessert sense 1

b

: a dish often containing suet or having a suet crust and originally boiled in a bag

steak and kidney pudding

Examples of pudding in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Get the Recipe 30 of 35 Tee's Corn Pudding Corn pudding is a true Southern favorite that feels just a little bit more special than a piece of cornbread. —Mary Alice Russell, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2024

Variations of this pudding abound, for example Jamaica has a sweet potato pudding which replaces bananas with yam. —Essence, 25 Nov. 2024

Perhaps the truth is in the pudding or in Bayern’s case in the matches with or without the attacking midfielder. —Manuel Veth, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024

At his stand, customers will also find banana pudding made by Scratch Family Bakery in Five Points. —Sara Rosenthal, The Denver Post, 5 Nov. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Middle English

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing pudding

• black pudding
• bread pudding
• Christmas pudding
• cottage pudding
• hasty pudding
• Indian pudding
• liver pudding
• pease pudding
• plum pudding
• pudding stone
• rice pudding
• snow pudding
• the proof is in the pudding
• the proof of the pudding is in the eating
• Yorkshire pudding

Kids Definition

pudding

noun

pud·​ding ˈpu̇d-iŋ 

1

: a boiled or baked soft food usually with a cereal base

corn pudding

2

: a soft, spongy, or thick creamy dessert

bread pudding