pud

[ pood ]

/ pʊd /

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noun Chiefly British Informal.

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Origin of pud

By apocope

Words nearby pud

puckerood, puckery, puck hog, puckish, puckout, pud, pudding, pudding club, pudding-pipe tree, pudding stone, puddingwife

Other definitions for pud (2 of 2)

P.U.D.

abbreviation

pickup and delivery.

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How to use pud in a sentence

Sa pundukpunduk dì pud siya mapiri, She would not be out of place in social gatherings.
A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan|John U. Wolff
Sa nagkahubug sila nagkasadiyà pud, The drunker they got the gayer they became.
A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan|John U. Wolff
Puddle, pud′l, n. a small pool of muddy water: a mixture of clay and sand.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)|Various
Plum-pud-d'n, the creature appears to say, with an emphasis fairly to be called violent upon the middle note.
Bird Lore, Volume I--1899|Various

Pud Stoneham, at your service, and the dark man bowed with elaborate grace, a sneering smile spreading over his face.
The Motor Boys Overland|Clarence Young

British Dictionary definitions for pud

pud

/ (pʊd) /

noun

British informal short for pudding

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for pud

PUD

abbr.

peptic ulcer disease