paddies

Noun

• Rice fields, especially those cultivated in flooded land.
• (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Irish descent
• an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown
• rice in the husk either gathered or still in the field
• plural of paddy
• plural of paddie

Examples

• The Scrabble board, covered in small words, looked like a patchwork of PADDIES.

Synonyms

Mick, Mickey, Paddy, paddy, paddy field, rice paddy