Etymology

, recorded since c.1305, "a kind of sausage: the stomach or one of the entrails of a pig, sheep, etc., stuffed with minced meat, suet, seasoning, boiled and kept till needed," perhaps from a West Germanic stem *pud- "to swell" (cf. Old English puduc "a wen," Westphalian dialect puddek "lump, pudding," Low German pudde-wurst "black pudding" English dialect pod "belly"; cf. pudgy). Or it may stem from boudin (=modern) "(blood) sausage", from V.L. *botellinus, from botellus "sausage"

Noun

1. A sausage made primarily from blood.
2. A type of cake or dessert cooked usually by boiling or steaming.
3. Any of various savoury dishes prepared in a similar way to a sweet pudding (eg, meat pudding) or from batter
4. Any dessert.

   We have apple pie for pudding today.

5. A type of dessert that has a texture similar to custard or mousse but using some kind of starch as the thickening agent.
6. An overweight person.
7. entrails

Synonyms

: afters , dessert, pud , sweet : black pudding , blood sausage

Noun

pudding

1. A cake or dessert prepared by boiling or steaming.
2. Any of various savoury dishes prepared in a similar way to a sweet pudding.
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. An attractive person; a hottie.

   Din kompis är en riktig pudding.

   "You friend is a real hottie."