Pud
name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 Pudding (either sweet or savoury). colloquial, countable, uncountable
- 2 Penis. countable, slang, uncountable
"Standing there, half-awake, pud in hand, he feels washed out and hungover, though he hasn't touched a drop in weeks."
- 3 Child's hand; child's fist. colloquial, dated
"The kangaroos — your Aborigines — do they keep their primitive simplicity un-Europe-tainted, with those little short fore puds, looking like a lesson framed by Nature to the pickpocket!"
- 4 Alternative form of pood (“Russian weight”). alt-of, alternative
- 5 Initialism of peptic ulcer disease. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
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- 6 (British) the dessert course of a meal (‘pud’ is used informally) wordnet
- 1 A unisex nickname.
"My dearest Pud, …"
Example
More examples"Standing there, half-awake, pud in hand, he feels washed out and hungover, though he hasn't touched a drop in weeks."
Etymology
Clipped form of pudding.
Origin unknown. Perhaps from Scots pud (“little fat man”, a term of endearment) (see podge) or from pudendum.
According to the OED, a nursery word. Perhaps from or related to Dutch poot (“hand”).
Probably short for pudding, a term of affection.
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