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

The father carries a spear and waddy, or a tomahawk, and anticipating resistance, is thus prepared for it.

From Primitive Love and Love-Stories by Henry Theophilus Finck

She ran to meet him with a waddy.

From Tropic Days by E. J. (Edmund James) Banfield

Australia is a gin, with a waddy, boomerang and kangaroo.

From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 by Various

Just then Jimmy leaped up staring, his hand on his waddy and his eyes wandering in search of danger.

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

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

The men arm themselves with small boodthuls, or miniature waddies, then stand a few feet behind the bush, which varies from five to eight feet or so in height at competitions.

From The Euahlayi Tribe; a study of aboriginal life in Australia by K. Langloh (Katie Langloh) Parker

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

Kangaroo and other nets made of some plant and not of bark, koolimans, bommerangs, waddies, and a fine opossum cloak were found at the camp, but were left untouched by our companions.

From Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 by Ludwig Leichhardt

The greater number, however, had left their spears and waddies behind them, so that they were not likely for the present to attempt further mischief.

From Adventures in Australia by William Henry Giles Kingston

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