[pud.ding] n [ME] (13c) 1: blood sausage
2. a (1): a boiled or baked soft food usu. with a cereal base "corn ~" (2): a dessert of a soft, spongy, or thick creamy consistency "chocolate ~" (3) Brit: dessert 1 b: a dish often containing suet or having a suet crust and orig. boiled in a bag "steak and kidney ~"