Associations to the word «Paddy»

Wiktionary

PADDY, noun. Rice, before it is milled.
PADDY, noun. An irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown.
PADDY, adjective. (obsolete) Low; mean; boorish; vagabond.
PADDY, noun. A fit of temper; a tantrum
PADDY, proper noun. An Irish nickname for Patrick.
PADDY, noun. (slang) (sometimes offensive) An Irish person.
PADDY BIRD, noun. The Java sparrow.
PADDY FIELD, noun. (agriculture) a flooded field where rice is grown.
PADDY PAW, noun. An animal's paw with a soft pad.
PADDY WAGON, noun. A police van for transporting prisoners.
PADDY WAGONS, noun. Plural of paddy wagon

Dictionary definition

PADDY, noun. (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Irish descent.
PADDY, noun. An irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown.
PADDY, noun. Rice in the husk either gathered or still in the field.

Wise words

Don't you know this, that words are doctors to a diseased temperment?
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