Puddy
- proper noun
- That's good stuff there, Puddy!
- David Puddy
- Sylvester Puddy
Examples
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I can't believe how funny David Puddy is during our conversations.
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Everyone was excited to meet Puddy at the reunion.
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First thing out of Puddy's mouth in the morning was, "Thank God.
Blog text (8) -
Hard to say, my friend John is the perfect Puddy, so he's in for any potential sequels.
Blog text (27) -
Would you like to visit Aspen this winter, you, Becki, and Puddy?
Academic text (2009) -
I don't know, but he says that Paula Lee was scratched at the post, and a horse called puddy tat paid $7.50, and you made something called a round Robin.
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After the party, I talked to Puddy about our favorite movies.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Puddy probably began as a simple nickname from a small word like pud, meaning 'pudding', or puddle, meaning 'a small pool of water'. People long ago often took names from a place or a feature, so that nickname became the family name Puddy.