Used in a Sentence

paddy

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for paddy.

Editorial note

If Paddy wants to do this right he should just be up front: $1,000 a table is not outrageous in my mind.

Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Rough or unhusked rice, either before it is milled or as a crop to be harvested.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of paddy gathered in one view.

noun

Rough or unhusked rice, either before it is milled or as a crop to be harvested.

noun

A fit of temper; a tantrum.

noun

A drill used in boring wells, with cutters that expand on pressure.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for paddy.

Example sentences

1

If Paddy wants to do this right he should just be up front: $1,000 a table is not outrageous in my mind.

2

The most traditional use of these sorts of poles is for bringing large loads of produce through paddy fields.

3

Unexploded shells and landmines littered the countryside, often underwater in the paddy fields where peasants waded.

4

A really good discussion broke out on Paddy Johnson's (artfcity) fb page where Simchowitz chimed in.

5

Collision is run by Paddy Cosgrave, who conned the Irish Government into paying for the Dublin Web Summit (DWS) and F.ounders.

6

The police charged a group of us (with batons out etc), punched and tackled me and threw me in a paddy wagon.

7

This also lists odds from the bookmaker Paddy Power, giving Leo 3-to-1, Peter 2-to-1, Gregory 6-to-1, Pius 8-to-1.

8

The (often brilliant) Chinese engineers were instead plowing paddy fields in correction villages.

9

But for the average joe slaving away on a rice paddy in China, they may dream of something grander than the opportunities afforded them.

10

Ground workers are the people that prep the ground (ie paddy wi a shovel) a qualified chippy a or sparky is a different matter.

11

I wish Paddy the best with his events and I hope the Keiretsu forum folds.

12

And from what I understand, Hong Kong is richer than Singapore, and not a unpaved road through a rice paddy in sight.

Quote examples

1

> “Quaint” means paddy fields where white-collar jobs should be.

2

No Paddy, I did not "misunderstand" during the Skype call.

3

Paddy Ashdown describes in his autobiography how one of the survival instructors on his SBS course introduced himself by place a live frog between two slices of bread and eating it and then saying "Survival is simple, if you can do that you will survive, if you can't do that you won't".

Proper noun examples

1

Paddy rice is a substantially higher labor crop than mechanization-friendly wheat production per calorie, and China eats about as much wheat as it does rice; It grows even more maize, but this is mostly as feed.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use paddy in a sentence?

If Paddy wants to do this right he should just be up front: $1,000 a table is not outrageous in my mind.

What does paddy mean?

Rough or unhusked rice, either before it is milled or as a crop to be harvested.

What part of speech is paddy?

paddy is commonly used as noun.