paddy
a rice field.
rice, especially in the husk, either uncut or gathered.
Origin of paddy
1Words that may be confused with paddy
- paddy , patty
Words Nearby paddy
Other definitions for Paddy (2 of 2)
Slang: Often Offensive. an Irishman or a person of Irish descent.
a male given name.
Origin of Paddy
2usage note For Paddy
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How to use paddy in a sentence
Most rice plants are grown in fields, or paddies, that are typically filled with around 10 centimeters of water.
Rice feeds half the world. Climate change’s droughts and floods put it at risk | Nikk Ogasa | September 24, 2021 | Science NewsIncreasing the temperature and carbon dioxide levels to match future climate scenarios enhanced the activity of the microbes living in the rice paddy soils and increased the amount of arsenic in the grains, Muehe says.
Rice feeds half the world. Climate change’s droughts and floods put it at risk | Nikk Ogasa | September 24, 2021 | Science NewsIn a 2015 and 2016 drought, saltwater reached up to 90 kilometers inland, destroying 405,000 hectares of rice paddies.
Rice feeds half the world. Climate change’s droughts and floods put it at risk | Nikk Ogasa | September 24, 2021 | Science NewsOne widely studied, drought-friendly method is “alternate wetting and drying,” or intermittent flooding, which involves flooding and draining rice paddies on one- to 10-day cycles, as opposed to maintaining a constant inundation.
Rice feeds half the world. Climate change’s droughts and floods put it at risk | Nikk Ogasa | September 24, 2021 | Science NewsAmong 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.
Eight Women’s Names Are Among the Thousands on the Vietnam Memorial Wall. Here’s What to Know About Them | Francine Uenuma | May 27, 2021 | Time
The legendary Captain paddy Brown was by some accounts the most decorated firefighter in the nation.
Is paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (which won the Mann Booker Prize in 1993) the only one of your novels that stands on its own?
The Prodigious Roddy Doyle Is the Celtic Tiger of Irish Literature | Allen Barra | March 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIrish bookmaker paddy Power funded the trips to the Hermit Kingdom, but stopped after Kim Jong-Un purged his uncle.
Dennis Rodman’s Sponsor for North Korea Trips Decides Working With a Homicidal Tyrant Was a Bad Idea | Tom Sykes | January 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWas it anything that Scott saw when he was in Pyongyang that encouraged paddy Power to drop the project?
Dennis Rodman’s Sponsor for North Korea Trips Decides Working With a Homicidal Tyrant Was a Bad Idea | Tom Sykes | January 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOne time, when an armored car drove by, paddy Considine said, “Hey, Martin, are those your Hobbit residuals?”
My London Getaway With Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, Stars of ‘The World’s End’ | Marlow Stern | November 18, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTNearly all the mutineers swung round and galloped headlong for the landward boundary of the paddy field.
The Red Year | Louis TracyThe warrior uttered a grunt of pain, cast a surprised angry stare at the shaveling of a paddy, and thrust with his lance.
Overland | John William De Forest"I should like to see you do it," returned Aunt Maria, looking indignantly at the interfering paddy.
Overland | John William De Forestpaddy Rouse sprang inside with drawn pistol, but a hand struck up his pistol arm and his harmless shot went through the roof.
The Argus Pheasant | John Charles BeechamAt that moment paddy, hatless and disheveled, plunged through the crowd toward Peter Gross.
The Argus Pheasant | John Charles Beecham
British Dictionary definitions for paddy (1 of 3)
/ (ˈpædɪ) /
Also called: paddy field a field planted with rice
rice as a growing crop or when harvested but not yet milled
Origin of paddy
1British Dictionary definitions for paddy (2 of 3)
/ (ˈpædɪ) /
British informal a fit of temper
Origin of paddy
2British Dictionary definitions for Paddy (3 of 3)
/ (ˈpædɪ) /
(sometimes not capital) an informal, often derogatory, name for an Irishman
Origin of Paddy
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