Porridge

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈpɒɹɪdÊ’/
• US IPA: /ˈpɔɹɪdÊ’/

Origin

Variant of pottage, influenced by porray.

Full definition of porridge

Noun

1. A type of thick soup or stew, especially thickened with barley.
2. A dish made of grain or legumes, milk and/or water, heated and stirred until thick and typically eaten for breakfast.Eat your porridge while it's hot!
• 1922, w, “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days Chapter 1/1/2, There were rumours, new rumours every morning, delightful and outrageous rumours, so that the lumps in the porridge were swallowed without comment and the fish-cakes were eaten without contumely.
3. (British slang) A prison sentence.Just do your porridge and keep your head down.