Definition of "paddy" in English

noun

1. Rough or unhusked rice, either before it is milled or as a crop to be harvested.

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

adjective

1. (obsolete) Low; mean; boorish; vagabond.

noun

1. A fit of temper; a tantrum.

   • throw a paddy etc.

2. (African-American Vernacular, slang) A white person.

3. (colloquial, England) A labourer's assistant or workmate.

4. A drill used in boring wells, with cutters that expand on pressure.

noun

1. A snowy sheathbill.