pud

See also: PUD and půd

English

Etymology 1

Clipped form of pudding.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʊd/

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• Rhymes: -ʊd

Noun

pud (countable and uncountable, plural puds)

1. (colloquial) Pudding (either sweet or savoury). [from 18th c.]

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəd/
• Rhymes: -əd

Noun

pud (countable and uncountable, plural puds)

1. (slang) Penis. [from 20th c.]
   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 387:

     Standing there, half-awake, pud in hand, he feels washed out and hungover, though he hasn't touched a drop in weeks.

Derived terms

• pudknocker

Etymology 3

Origin unknown. Perhaps from Dutch poot (“hand”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pʌd/

Noun

pud (plural puds)

1. (colloquial) Child's hand; child's fist.

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Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puːd/

Noun

pud (plural puds)

1. Alternative form of pood

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pud in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

• DUP, PDU, UDP, dup

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Czech

Noun

pud m

1. instinct, drive

Derived terms

• pudový

See also

• instinkt m

Further reading

• pud in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• pud in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989