pud

5 9.9

A sweet dish served after a meal, like pudding

noun
/pʌd/

: pudín

The traditional Yorkshire pud is a must-have at Sunday dinners.

A Christmas tree, a Christmas pudding, a crayon lover pud, a reindeer.

Examples

♪ Christmas is for Santa and for Christmas pud

Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! (2012)
Pea, pie and pud.

The World's Fastest Indian (2005)
Hubby was inspired by the British Bake Off, so we set about making chicken, bacon, and apricot pie, some banana flan, and a pecan toffee steam pud.

Blog text (11)
For dessert, we had a rich chocolate pud that everyone loved.
After the main course, the waiter brought out a warm apple pud.

Synonyms

pudding

vspud

79 1.0

A sweet dish served at the end of a meal

is the informal short form used in casual speech

sticky toffee pud

vspud

8.6

A moist sponge cake dessert with dates and warm toffee sauce

is a casual word for the dessert course, not one specific flavour

apple pud

vspud

7.0

A warm sweet dessert made from apples, often served with custard

is the casual name for desserts in general, not apple specific ones

pock-pudding

vspud

Archaic

9.9

A playful old name for a soft sweet dessert like pudding

is the modern informal shortening used in everyday speech

Idioms

to pull your pud

Offensive

9.9

To waste time instead of working

Compounds

apple pud

7.0

A warm sweet dessert made from apples, often served with custard

sticky toffee pud

8.6

A moist sponge cake dessert with dates and warm toffee sauce

Surface Forms

pud singular

puds plural

Etymology

Pud is a British informal short form of pudding, the 'dessert' or sweet course you have after a meal; think of pud as a friendly nickname for pudding, which is why pud means a dessert.