paddy.
Rough or unhusked rice, either before it is milled or as a crop to be harvested.
Meaning & usage
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.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Malay padi (“paddy plant”). Doublet of palay.
Low; mean; boorish; vagabond.
Where this word comes from
English dialect paddy (“worm-eaten”).
A fit of temper; a tantrum.
throw a paddy etc.
A white person.
A labourer's assistant or workmate.
A drill used in boring wells, with cutters that expand on pressure.
Where this word comes from
Possibly from Paddy (“Irishman”).
A snowy sheathbill.
Where this word comes from
Perhaps after the paddy bird, or egret.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.