Paddy

Quick meaning: Paddy is a noun meaning Rough or unhusked rice, either before it is milled or as a crop to be harvested.

Meaning

Rough or unhusked rice, either before it is milled or as a crop to be harvested.

More Meanings

1. (countable) A paddy field, a rice paddy; an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown.
2. A fit of temper; a tantrum.
3. (African-American Vernacular, slang) A white person.
4. (colloquial, England) A labourer's assistant or workmate.
5. A drill used in boring wells, with cutters that expand on pressure.
6. A snowy sheathbill.
7. (obsolete) Low; mean; boorish; vagabond.

Example Sentences

throw a paddy etc.

Now, now, we are getting very paddy today, aren't we John?

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.'

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.”

Word Forms

• paddies

Synonyms for paddy

Depending on context, synonyms include tantrum, catfit, conniption, headfit, hissy, meltdown.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include mickey, mick, rice, husking, cedar, parboiled.

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