pud

noun — 3 senses

pud

noun

AU, US, UK /pʊd/ · UK /pɵd/

Etymology Clipped form of pudding.

1

Colloquial Pudding (either sweet or savoury).

Derived terms: pudsy

pud

noun

/pʊd/

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

1

Slang Penis.

Standing there, half-awake, pud in hand, he feels washed out and hungover, though he hasn't touched a drop in weeks.1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 387:

Derived terms: pudknocker, pudwhacker, pull one's pud, pull the pud

pud

noun

UK /pʌd/

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

1

Colloquial, Dated Child's hand; child's fist.

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!1823, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], Elia. Essays which have Appeared under that Signature in The London Magazine, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC:

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