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pud.

Pudding (either sweet or savoury).

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/pʊd/Australia, General-American, Received-Pronunciation/pɵd/British, Southern, Standard/pʉd/Northern-Ireland, Scotland
  1. Pudding (either sweet or savoury).

    colloquial · countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Clipped form of pudding.

noun/pʊd/
  1. Penis.

    countable · slang · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Origin unknown. Perhaps from Scots pud (“little fat man”, a term of endearment) (see podge) or from pudendum.

noun/pʌd/UK
  1. Child's hand; child's fist.

    colloquial · dated
Where this word comes from

According to the OED, a nursery word. Perhaps from or related to Dutch poot (“hand”).

noun/puːd/
  1. Alternative form of pood (“Russian weight”).

    alt-of · alternative
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