paddies

Noun (1)

paddy (countable and uncountable, plural paddies)

1. Rough or unhusked rice, either before it is milled or as a crop to be harvested.
   • Taking out a handful of paddy the old woman exclaimed, “Look how good this paddy is! It is called Malbhog – it makes excellent puffed rice.”2011, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Deepika Phukan, The Story of Felanee

   Synonyms:

   palay

2. (countable) A paddy field, a rice paddy; an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown.

Noun (2)

paddy (plural paddies)

1. A fit of temper; a tantrum.
   • throw a paddy etc.

   Synonyms:

   tantrum, catfit, conniption, conniption fit, dummy spit, headfit, hissy, hissy fit, meltdown, melty

2. (slang, African-American Vernacular) A white person.
   • You know what I like best about paddy chicks? They give good head. Black broads don’t know nothing about giving head. I don’t know why. Might be it has something to do with some ancient tribal custom.2000, Requiem For a Dream, spoken by Big Tim (Keith David)
3. (England, colloquial) A labourer's assistant or workmate.
4. A drill used in boring wells, with cutters that expand on pressure.

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