paddy

«paddy» in Mova's school dictionary: a flooded field where rice is grown — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a paddy, paddies); noun (paddy — UK informal, a temper)

meaning for a pupil

1) A paddy, or paddy field, is a flooded field where rice is grown. tree →

2) Paddy is rice that has not yet been husked. tree →

3) (UK, informal) A paddy is a fit of bad temper: «He's in a paddy». tree →

4) (offensive, slang) «Paddy» is an old insulting word for an Irish person; do not use it. tree →

5) Paddy is also a name, a short form of Patrick. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography lessons it is used about farming in Asia, where rice grows in water. In UK homes a child having a tantrum may be said to «throw a paddy». As a name it is common in Ireland. The insulting use is a trap: it should not be used about Irish people.

examples

• Rice grows in a paddy field. tree →
• Farmers plant rice in flooded paddies. tree →
• The terraced paddies climbed the hill. tree →
• (UK) My little brother threw a paddy at the shop. tree →
• (UK) Don't get in a paddy, it's only a game. tree →
• Paddy is my uncle's name. tree →
• Water buffalo work in the paddy fields. tree →
• The paddy is dried before the husk is removed. tree →

note

Plural: paddies. The temper meaning is informal British. The ethnic-insult use is rude and hurtful. As a name, it has a capital letter: Paddy.

In the corpora

• Rice grows in flooded fields called paddies in warm countries, and more than half of all people eat rice every day.
• Flooded paddy fields, built as steps on hills, drown many weeds that cannot cope.
• In Belfast, Uncle Paddy pulls a coin from Ronan's ear at every single party.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «paddy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.