/ˈpædi/
OriginBorrowed from Malay padi (“paddy plant”). Doublet of palay.
- countable, uncountableRough or unhusked rice, either before it is milled or as a crop to be harvested.
“Taking out a handful of paddy the old woman exclaimed, “Look how good this paddy is! It is called Malbhog – it makes excellent puffed rice.””
- countableA paddy field, a rice paddy; an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown.
- A fit of temper; a tantrum.
“throw a paddy etc.”
“I like the story of the Emperor Frederick who got into a paddy with his cook, and shouted: 'I am the Emperor, and I want dumplings.'”
- slangA white person.
“You know what I like best about paddy chicks? They give good head. Black broads don’t know nothing about giving head. I don’t know why. Might be it has something to do with some ancient tribal custom.”
- England, colloquialA labourer's assistant or workmate.
- A drill used in boring wells, with cutters that expand on pressure.
- A snowy sheathbill.
- obsoleteLow; mean; boorish; vagabond.
“Even after the expiration of four months the condition of the paddy persons continued most destitute. The English soldiers became mere barefoot starving beggars in the streets[…]”
“Becca wrote to Lizzie of her brother's incessant demands: Suthie came to me in a very paddy state and said 'Now ... you must bind a book for me.'”
“Now, now, we are getting very paddy today, aren't we John?”
- An Irish nickname for Patrick.
“...He jumped into the water as frisky as a whale
Swam around the U-boat wagging his little tail
He upped with his horn and he stuck it in the boat
And sent them all to Heligoland did Paddy McGinty's g”
Formspaddies(plural) · more paddy(comparative) · most paddy(superlative) · Paddys(plural)
Source: Wiktionary