paddy

noun (1)

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pad·dy | \ ˈpa-dē

variants: or less commonly padi

plural paddies also padis

Definition of paddy

(Entry 1 of 2)

1 : rice especially : threshed unmilled rice

2 : wet land in which rice is grown

Paddy

noun (2)

Pad·dy | \ ˈpa-dē

plural Paddies

Definition of Paddy (Entry 2 of 2)

slang, often disparaging + offensive

: irishman

Examples of paddy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun One day, passengers might be admiring Peranakan architecture in George Town; the next, banana plantations or biking through Thai paddy fields. — Kate Springer, CNN, 16 Nov. 2021 In addition to police squads, paddy wagons, motorcycles and more, the fire department had a ladder fire truck, an apparatus bay and other emergency rescue equipment on display for viewing. — Elizabeth Owens-schiele, chicagotribune.com, 21 Oct. 2021 Luxury cruisers today seem just as happy to drive a mud-spattered 4x4 to a Balinese rice paddy and lunch on nasi goreng instead of a burger by the pool. — Peter Jon Lindberg, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Sep. 2021 Its gruesome highlight was the massacre of at least 2,000 Muslim villagers in the paddy fields around a town called Nellie. — New York Times, 15 Sep. 2021 Its white-framed windows look onto lush green paddy fields and a path of tall green trees. — Safina Nabi, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Sep. 2021 Three bombers crash landed, putting down in waters off China, a rice paddy, and in Russia. — Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Sep. 2021 On Earth, phosphine is often found in places that host anaerobic life, including lakes, marshes, paddy fields and in the sludge of landfills. — Katrina Miller, Wired, 14 July 2021 Among those on board an overcrowded cargo plane that crashed into a rice paddy shortly after takeoff on April 4, was Captain Mary Therese Klinker, 27, of the Air Force. — Francine Uenuma, Time, 27 May 2021

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