EGAVE

paddy

About 2.94 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Rough or unhusked rice, either before it is milled or as a crop to be harvested. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  2. noun A paddy field, a rice paddy; an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown.
  3. adjective Low; mean; boorish; vagabond.
  4. noun A fit of temper; a tantrum.
    throw a paddy etc.
  5. noun A white person.
  6. noun A labourer's assistant or workmate.
  7. noun A drill used in boring wells, with cutters that expand on pressure.
  8. noun A snowy sheathbill.

Similar words

rice paddy paddy field mickey mick rice husking cedar parboiled shelled shell

Often followed by

fields and field is rice cultivation in was land

Word family

Paddies Paddy paddies paddywhack padi padis

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