paddy

noun

1. 1

   Rough 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.”

2. 2

   A paddy field, a rice paddy; an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown.

adjective

1. 1

   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?

noun

1. 1

   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.'

2. 2

   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.

3. 3

   A labourer's assistant or workmate.

4. 4

   A drill used in boring wells, with cutters that expand on pressure.

noun

1. 1

   A snowy sheathbill.

Forms

plural

paddies

comparative

more paddy

superlative

most paddy