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

Classic sides and desserts include mac and cheese, potato wedges, white beans, collard greens, banana pudding and cookies. —Gabrielle Chenault, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Nov. 2025

Cook, whisking constantly, over medium-high until mixture starts to bubble and is thicker than gravy but looser than pudding, 6 to 8 minutes. —Josh Miller, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2025

But as the season continued and even the upper echelon of contestants did poorly on technicals like gala pies, raspberry soufflés, and steamed puddings, Prue and Paul couldn’t maintain that approach. —Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025

Tofu pudding with piping-hot dipping sauce. —Mike Valerio, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025

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