paddy
substantivoadjetivosubstantivosubstantivocorrente nos diálogos
- //ˈpædi//
Rough or unhusked rice, either before it is milled or as a crop to be harvested.
substantivo
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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.”
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A paddy field, a rice paddy; an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown.
Etimologia
Borrowed from Malay padi (“paddy plant”). Doublet of palay.
adjetivo
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obsoletoLow; 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?
Etimologia
English dialect paddy (“worm-eaten”).
substantivo
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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.'
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calãoA 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.
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A labourer's assistant or workmate.
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A drill used in boring wells, with cutters that expand on pressure.
Etimologia
Possibly from Paddy (“Irishman”).
substantivo
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A snowy sheathbill.
Etimologia
Perhaps after the paddy bird, or egret.
Formas
- plural
- paddies
- comparativo
- more paddy
- superlativo
- most paddy
paddy · Rough or unhusked rice, either before it is milled or as a crop to be harvested.
Paddy · An Irish nickname for Patrick.padre · A military clergyman.Padre · A player for the San Diego Padres.