paddy
IPA: pˈædi
noun
- Rough or unhusked rice, either before it is milled or as a crop to be harvested.
- (countable) A paddy field, a rice paddy; an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown.
- A fit of temper; a tantrum.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) A white person.
- (colloquial, England) A labourer's assistant or workmate.
- A drill used in boring wells, with cutters that expand on pressure.
- A snowy sheathbill.
- An Irish nickname for Patrick.
- (slang, sometimes offensive) An Irish person.
adjective
- (obsolete) Low; mean; boorish; vagabond.
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