paddy

Plural: paddies

Noun

• A field where rice is grown, typically flooded with water.
• (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
• Rough or unhusked rice, either before it is milled or as a crop to be harvested.
• A paddy field, a rice paddy; an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown.
• A fit of temper; a tantrum.
• A white person.
• A labourer's assistant or workmate.
• A drill used in boring wells, with cutters that expand on pressure.
• A snowy sheathbill.

Adj

• Low; mean; boorish; vagabond.

Examples

• The Words With Friends board was as open as a PADDY field, ripe for a seven-letter word.
• throw a paddy etc.

Synonyms

Mick, Mickey, paddy field, rice paddy, catfit, conniption, conniption fit, dummy spit, headfit, hissy, hissy fit, meltdown, paddy, shit fit, snit fit, tantrum, wobbler, wobbly

Related Words

paddy paw