Paddy

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Paddy \Pad"dy\, a. [Prov. E. paddy worm-eaten.]
     Low; mean; boorish; vagabond. "Such pady persons." --Digges
     (1585). "The paddy persons." --Motley.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Paddy \Pad"dy\, n.; pl. {Paddies}. [Corrupted fr. St. Patrick,
     the tutelar saint of Ireland.]
     A jocose or contemptuous name for an Irishman; -- usually
     considered offensive. [Obsolescent]
     [1913 Webster +PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Paddy \Pad"dy\, n. [Either fr. Canarese bhatta or Malay
     p[=a]d[imac].] (Bot.)
     Unhusked rice; -- commonly so called in the East Indies.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Paddy bird}. (Zool.) See {Java sparrow}, under {Java}.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Paddy
       n 1: (slur) a person of Irish descent [syn: {Mick}, {Mickey}]
       2: an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown [syn: {paddy
          field}, {rice paddy}]
       3: rice in the husk either gathered or still in the field

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "paddy":
     bluebottle, bobby, bull, clearing, constable, copper, corn field,
     cultivated land, field, fit, fit of temper, flatfoot, gendarme,
     hayfield, officer, parcel of land, patch, peeler, piece of land,
     plat, plot, rage, rice paddy, tantrum, tract, wax, wheat field