paddy
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paddy¹
- /ˈpædi/
Sounds like Paddy · Rhymes with -ædi
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Malay padi (“paddy plant”). Doublet of palay.
noun paddies
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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.”
Similar: palay
- A paddy field, a rice paddy; an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown.
paddy²
- /ˈpædi/
Sounds like Paddy · Rhymes with -ædi
Where it comes from
English dialect paddy (“worm-eaten”).
adjective more paddy · most paddy
- Low; 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[…]
paddy³
- /ˈpædi/
Sounds like Paddy · Rhymes with -ædi
Where it comes from
Possibly from Paddy (“Irishman”).
noun paddies
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A fit of temper; a tantrum.
throw a paddy etc.
Similar: tantrum, catfit, conniption, conniption fit, dummy spit, headfit, hissy, hissy fit, meltdown, melty, paddy, shit fit
- A 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.
- A labourer's assistant or workmate.
- A drill used in boring wells, with cutters that expand on pressure.
paddy⁴
- /ˈpædi/
Sounds like Paddy · Rhymes with -ædi
Where it comes from
Perhaps after the paddy bird, or egret.
noun paddies
- A snowy sheathbill.
Paddy⁵
- /ˈpædi/
- [ˈpʰæɾi] Canada, US
Sounds like paddy · Rhymes with -ædi
proper noun Paddys
- 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 goat...
noun Paddies
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An Irish person.
It is in this context of Irishphobia that the racist caricature of the drunken, violent, ignorant Paddy was established.
Similar: Pat
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: rice paddy, paddy field, mickey, mick, rice, husking, cedar, parboiled, shelled, shell, wai, aus, rough, hui, artificial, unhusked
Translations
Every language
noun rice unmilled
| Español | arroz con cáscara, arroz en cáscara |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 벼 byeo |
| 日本語 | 稲 ine |
| 中文 | 稻 dào |
| हिन्दी | धान dhān |
| Français | paddy, riz paddy |
| Italiano | risone |
| Русский | ри́с-па́дди rís-páddi, необру́шенный ри́с neobrúšennyj rís, ри́с-сыре́ц rís-syréc |
noun wet land where rice grows
| Español | arrozal |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 논 non, 답 dap, 수전 sujeon |
| 日本語 | 田 ta, 水田 suiden, 田んぼ tanbo |
| 中文 | 稻田 dàotián, 水田 shuǐtián |
| हिन्दी | धान का क्षेत्र dhān kā kṣetra |
| Português | arrozal |
| Français | rizière |
| Deutsch | Reisfeld |
| Italiano | risaia |
| Ελληνικά | ορυζώνας oryzónas |
| Română | orezărie |
| Русский | ри́совое по́ле rísovoje póle |
| Tiếng Việt | ruộng lúa |
| العربية | حَقْل اَلْأَرُزّ ḥaql al-ʔaruzz |
| עברית | שדה אורז |
Talk about this word "paddy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/paddy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. paddy. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/paddy "paddy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/paddy.Cite this
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title = {paddy},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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