pudding

noun

pud·ding ˈpu̇-diŋ

plural puddings

: blood sausage

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

: a dish often containing suet or having a suet crust and originally boiled in a bag

steak and kidney pudding

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Dan Aykroyd, comfy in a cardigan, wants to use it to top his pudding. —

The New York Times, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025 This treat is the best of both banana pudding and brownies in one. —

Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 6 Jan. 2025 Enjoy traditional Turkish sweets from the moving cart, including apricot ice cream or a bread and butter pudding with marinated berries and vanilla sauce for dessert. —

Keyla Vasconcellos, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024 The London institution—which recently turned 30, and is located in a much-Instagrammed spartan Smithfield Market dining room—pioneered the nose-to-tail movement, has a pudding list as long as your forearm, and counts fans ranging from the late Anthony Bourdain to the Young British Artists. —

Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for pudding