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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