hasty pudding

noun

A simple pudding or porridge of grains cooked in milk or water.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounhasty pudding (countable and uncountable, plural hasty puddings)

plural hasty puddings

  1. countableuncountableA simple pudding or porridge of grains cooked in milk or water.

    ...upon which he desired the lady of the house to order the cook to make a large hasty pudding and when it is done let his own servant bring it up.

    1847, editorial staff, “Battle With the Hasty Pudding”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 3, Issue 10, page 74
Cite this entry
APA

hasty pudding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hasty%20pudding

MLA

“hasty pudding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hasty%20pudding. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hasty pudding,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hasty%20pudding.

Source: hasty pudding on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.