"pud" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pʊd/ [Australia, General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /pɵd/ [British, Southern, Standard], /pʉd/ [Northern-Ireland, Scotland] Audio: En-au-pud.ogg [Australia] Forms: puds [plural]
Rhymes: -ʊd Etymology: Clipped form of pudding. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} pud (countable and uncountable, plural puds)
  1. (colloquial) Pudding (either sweet or savoury). Tags: colloquial, countable, uncountable Derived forms: pudsy
    Sense id: en-pud-en-noun-b~gjECMC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /pʊd/ Forms: puds [plural]
Rhymes: -ʊd Etymology: Origin unknown. Perhaps from Scots pud (“little fat man”, a term of endearment) (see podge) or from pudendum. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor<unc>|sco:pud|id=penis}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Scots", "term" : "pud", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "sco" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "pud", "lang" : "en" }" data-id="penis" data-lang="en" data-title="pud" id="English:_penis">, {{unknown|en|title=Origin unknown}} Origin unknown, {{cog|sco|pud|pos=a term of endearment|t=little fat man}} Scots pud (“little fat man”, a term of endearment) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} pud (countable and uncountable, plural puds)
  1. (slang) Penis. Tags: countable, slang, uncountable Derived forms: pudknocker, pudwhacker, pull one's pud, pull the pud
    Sense id: en-pud-en-noun-GUe3eZyS Categories (other): Genitalia, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymon, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Genitalia: 7 64 22 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /pʌd/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pud69.wav [Southern-England] Forms: puds [plural]
Etymology: According to the OED, a nursery word. Perhaps from or related to Dutch poot (“hand”). Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|en|title=nursery word}} nursery word, {{der|en|nl|poot||hand}} Dutch poot (“hand”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} pud (plural puds)
  1. (dated, colloquial) Child's hand; child's fist. Tags: colloquial, dated
    Sense id: en-pud-en-noun-en:hand Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, English onomatopoeias Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 21 40 9 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 20 15 58 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 8 15 69 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 15 69 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: /puːd/ Forms: puds [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pud (plural puds)
  1. Alternative form of pood (“Russian weight”). Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: pood (extra: Russian weight)
    Sense id: en-pud-en-noun-k6WxCsA-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "UK"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pud"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English heteronyms",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "Pages with 6 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "en:Genitalia"
  ],
  "etymology_number": "4",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "puds",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "pud (plural puds)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "Russian weight",
          "word": "pood"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of pood (“Russian weight”)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pood",
          "pood#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/puːd/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pud"
}

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