paddy

Meanings

Noun

• 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.
• A fit of temper; a tantrum
• A white person.
• A labourer's assistant or workmate.
• A drill used in boring wells, with cutters that expand on pressure.

Adjective

• Low; mean; boorish; vagabond.

Origin

• From Malay padi ("paddy plant").
• English dialect paddy.
• Possibly from Paddy