waddy

¹ American  

[wod-ee] / ˈwɒd i /

noun

• waddies
  plural

1. a heavy wooden war club used by Australian Aboriginal peoples.

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verb (used with object)

waddied, waddying

1. to beat or strike with a waddy.

waddy ² American  

[wod-ee] / ˈwɒd i /

Or waddie

noun

• waddies
  plural

1. Cowboy Slang, Western U.S.. a cowboy.

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waddy British  

/ ˈwɒdɪ /

noun

1. a heavy wooden club used as a weapon by native Australians

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verb

1. (tr) to hit with a waddy

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• waddies
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of waddy¹

First recorded in 1795–1805, waddy is from the Dharuk word wa-di “stick”

Origin of waddy²

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900; origin uncertain

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

waddy waddies

Peter Ustinov, playing an unmarried remittance man who has to beat the girls off with a waddy, makes a comical old dag.

From Time Magazine Archive

Their principal weapon for fighting is the waddy or club, and each tribe has a peculiar shape for its waddies.

From The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent by Thomas Wallace Knox

If this man were a waddy, who of all her friends could she trust?

From Brand Blotters by Clarence H. (Clarence Herbert) Rowe

“Not got no knock um chops, no waddy bang, no popgun ball in um nowhere,” he whispered.

From Bunyip Land A Story of Adventure in New Guinea by Gordon Browne

The third person of the band was twice the height of the others, and held in his hand something resembling the waddy or wooden sword of the natives of Port Jackson.

From Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 1 by George Grey

Now I could refer to your editors as "bowlegged waddies," "brocklefaced bozos," "drugstore caballeros" or "maverick-roping rustlers," and perhaps accomplish nothing but a feeling of resentment on their part.

From Time Magazine Archive

Their affectionate partners would even pile upon their burdens sundry spears and waddies not required for present service, and would command their help to rear the breakwind, and to raise the fire.

From Sex and Society by William I. Thomas

At first they seemed inclined for mischief, making all manner of gestures and shaking their boomerangs, waddies, etc.

From Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart by John McDouall Stuart

There were three worleys on the rising ground, with waddies, boomerangs, spears, and a number of broken dishes scattered round them.

From Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart by John McDouall Stuart

They also saw a lot of shields, spears, waddies, etc., which the natives had deposited under a bush.

From Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart by John McDouall Stuart

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