'Paddy' definitions:
Definition of 'Paddy'
From: WordNet
noun
noun
An irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown [syn: paddy, paddy field, rice paddy]
noun
Rice in the husk either gathered or still in the field
Definition of 'Paddy'
From: GCIDE
- Paddy \Pad"dy\, a. [Prov. E. paddy worm-eaten.] Low; mean; boorish; vagabond. "Such pady persons." --Digges (1585). "The paddy persons." --Motley. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Paddy'
From: GCIDE
- Paddy \Pad"dy\, n.; pl. Paddies. [Corrupted fr. St. Patrick, the tutelar saint of Ireland.] A jocose or contemptuous name for an Irishman; -- usually considered offensive. [Obsolescent] [1913 Webster +PJC]
Definition of 'Paddy'
From: GCIDE
- Paddy \Pad"dy\, n. [Either fr. Canarese bhatta or Malay p[=a]d[imac].] (Bot.) Unhusked rice; -- commonly so called in the East Indies. [1913 Webster]
- Paddy bird. (Zool.) See Java sparrow, under Java. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'paddy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bluebottle,
- bobby,
- bull,
- clearing,
- constable,
- copper,
- corn field,
- cultivated land,
- field,
- fit,
- fit of temper,
- flatfoot,
- gendarme,
- hayfield,
- officer,
- parcel of land,
- patch,
- peeler,
- piece of land,
- plat,
- plot,
- rage,
- rice paddy,
- tantrum,
- tract,
- wax,
- wheat field