paddy[noun]Synonyms: policeman, bluebottle, bobby, bull, constable, copper, flatfoot, gendarme, officer, peeler
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
Paddy noun (
plural Paddies)
[countable] taboo an offensive word for someone from Ireland. Do not use this word.
[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
pad‧dy /ˈpædi/
noun (
plural paddies)
[countable][
Date: 1600-1700;
Language: Malay;
Origin: padi]
1. (
also paddy field) a field in which rice is grown in water
Synonym : rice paddy2. British English informal a state of being angry or upset:
The news put Mum in a bit of a paddy. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲