ˈpudɪŋ n. 1 a
any of
various sweet cooked dishes (plum pudding;
rice pudding). b a
savoury dish containing
flour,
suet, etc. (Yorkshire pudding;
steak and kidney pudding). c
the sweet
course of a meal. d the intestines of a
pig etc. stuffed
with oatmeal, spices,
blood, etc. (black pudding). 2 colloq. a
person or
thing resembling a pudding. 3 (Naut. puddening) a pad or tow
binding to
prevent chafing etc. øin the pudding
club sl.
pregnant. pudding-cloth a
cloth used
for tying up
some puddings for
boiling. pudding
face colloq. a
large fat face. pudding-head colloq. a
stupid person. pudding-stone a
conglomerate rock consisting of rounded pebbles in a siliceous
matrix. øøpuddingy adj. [ME poding f. OF boudin
black pudding ult. f. L botellus
sausage: see BOWEL]