paddy

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)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.””

2. (countable)A paddy field, a rice paddy; an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown.
3. A fit of temper; a tantrum.

   “throw a paddy etc.”

   “I like the story of the Emperor Frederick who got into a paddy with his cook, and shouted: 'I am the Emperor, and I want dumplings.'”

4. (slang)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.”

5. (England, colloquial)A labourer's assistant or workmate.
6. A drill used in boring wells, with cutters that expand on pressure.
7. A snowy sheathbill.
8. (offensive, slang, sometimes)An Irish person.

   “It is in this context of Irishphobia that the racist caricature of the drunken, violent, ignorant Paddy was established.”

adj

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

   “Even after the expiration of four months the condition of the paddy persons continued most destitute. The English soldiers became mere barefoot starving beggars in the streets[…]”

   “Becca wrote to Lizzie of her brother's incessant demands: Suthie came to me in a very paddy state and said 'Now ... you must bind a book for me.'”

   “Now, now, we are getting very paddy today, aren't we John?”

name

1. An Irish nickname for Patrick.

   “...He jumped into the water as frisky as a whale Swam around the U-boat wagging his little tail He upped with his horn and he stuck it in the boat And sent them all to Heligoland did Paddy McGinty's goat...”