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

Jammy berries are fruity and bright, complementing the rich chocolate pudding, topped with a cool and creamy layer that’s a refreshing contrast. —Carolynn Carreño, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2026

They were discontinued after corporate changes, and fans now recreate them at home using instant pudding mix. —Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2026

The proof, as ever, will now be in the pudding – although hopefully not a Europudding, as producers tend to use events like Series Mania to press home the point that that particular era of co-production is over. —Max Goldbart, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2026

Lessons come true and fast among recipes for amaranth salad, wild onion soup and chokecherry pudding. —Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 24 Mar. 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