n.
- chiefly Brit. a cooked sweet dish served after the main course of a meal.
▸the dessert course of a meal.
▸N. Amer. a dessert with a soft or creamy consistency.
- a sweet or savoury steamed dish made with suet and flour.
- Brit. the intestines of a pig or sheep stuffed with oatmeal, spices, and meat and boiled.
- Brit. informal a fat or stupid person.
Phrase
- in the pudding club
Brit. informal pregnant.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: appar. from OFr. boudin ‘black pudding’, from L. botellus ‘sausage, small intestine’.