— puddinglike , adj.
/pood"ing/ , n.
1. a thick, soft dessert, typically containing flour or some other thickener, milk, eggs, a flavoring, and sweetener: tapioca pudding.
2. a similar dish unsweetened and served with or as a main dish: corn pudding.
3. Brit. the dessert course of a meal.
4. Naut. a pad or fender for preventing scraping or chafing or for lessening shock between vessels or other objects.
[ 1275-1325; ME poding kind of sausage; cf. OE puduc wen, sore (perh. orig. swelling), LG puddewurst black pudding ]