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

There’s dessert on the menu, too, with sweet options including banana pudding, peach and apple cobbler, bread pudding, and pecan and sweet potato pie. —Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 4 May 2026

Long-time Grasso’s Garage readers know Volvo reigns supreme in the luxury category, and this week, the proof is in the pudding. —Marc D Grasso, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2026

Following that, business was booming for Dunn Deal, with lines wrapped around the door to get their hands on its barbecue and popular banana pudding. —Kansas City Star, 30 Apr. 2026

Other Grill classics that make an appearance on the menu include the lobster cocktail and for dessert, the sticky toffee pudding, served with a scoop of tart creme fraiche. —Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 30 Apr. 2026

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

Rhymes for pudding

• gooding
• wooding

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