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pud

/pʊd/

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British/pɵd/

pud noun: pudding (either sweet or savoury). Also the alternative form of pood.

Noun (1)

pud (countable and uncountable, plural puds)

  1. (colloquial) Pudding (either sweet or savoury).

Noun (2)

pud (countable and uncountable, plural puds)

  1. (slang) Penis.
    • Standing there, half-awake, pud in hand, he feels washed out and hungover, though he hasn't touched a drop in weeks.1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 387

Noun (3)

UK/pʌd/

pud (plural puds)

  1. (colloquial, dated) Child's hand; child's fist.
    • The kangaroos — your Aborigines — do they keep their primitive simplicity un-Europe-tainted, with those little short fore puds, looking like a lesson framed by Nature to the pickpocket!1823, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], Elia. Essays which have Appeared under that Signature in The London Magazine, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC

Noun (4) capitalized: PUD

PUD (uncountable)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of peptic ulcer disease.

Proper noun capitalized: Pud

Pud

  1. A unisex nickname.
    • My dearest Pud, …1791 October 27th, a letter from E. T. to Pud, publi#* shed in Memoirs of the Life of Mrs. Sumbel, Late [Mary] Wells … written by herself, volume 1 (1811)
    • "Now take me to Pud Stoneham," said the sheriff to Jerry. "I've been lookin' for him for 'most a month. He's wanted for a dozen crimes."1906, Clarence Young, The Motor Boys Overland

Also used as

pud is also the alternative form of pood.

Forms of pud

pluralpuds

Origin of pud

Clipped form of pudding.

Origin unknown. Perhaps from Scots pud (“little fat man”, a term of endearment) (see podge) or from pudendum.

According to the OED, a nursery word. Perhaps from or related to Dutch poot (“hand”).

Words formed from pud

Phrases with pud

Words that rhyme with pud

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Questions about pud

What does pud mean?
Pud means pudding (either sweet or savoury).
What part of speech is pud?
Pud can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce pud?
Pud is pronounced /pʊd/ (UK).
What is the plural of pud?
The plural of pud is puds.

Words near pud in the dictionary

  1. pucksy
  2. pucky
  3. pucras
  4. Pucsusan
  5. PUCT
  6. pud
  7. Pudahuel
  8. pudd
  9. Puddefoot
  10. pudden
  11. puddening

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