paddypad‧dy /ˈpædi/ noun (plural paddies) [countable] 
Word Origin
The news put Mum in a bit of a paddy.
Word OriginWORD ORIGINpaddy
ExamplesOrigin:
1600-1700 Malay padiEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
word sets- In other letters he wrote about the great beauty of the country, the paddies and mountains and jungles.
- It had been an honest mistake, though, the paddy wagon men believing he was dead or dying.
- Methane is also given off by rice paddies and ruminant animals, including cattle.
- The paddy fields have turned a feathery yellow.
- The building of irrigation systems and paddy fields is costly in terms of time and effort.
- There is what looks to be a white coastline, brilliant greens, the rice paddies etched on the land.
- Uncle Vernon had flown into a paddy on account of the seven lessons left outstanding.
- Water buffalo pulled plows or wallowed in the paddies.
WORD SETS► Agriculture
Collocationsagrarian, adjectiveagribusiness, nounagro-, prefixagro-industry, nounanimal husbandry, nounanimal rights, nounartificial insemination, nounbale, nounbale, verbbarn, nounbarnyard, nounbattery, nounbiotechnology, nounbreadbasket, nounbreed, verbbreeding, nounbroiler, nounbroiler chicken, nounBSE, nounbuckaroo, nounbull, nounbutcher, verbbyre, nouncapon, nouncattleman, nouncattle market, nouncattle prod, nounchaff, nounchicken, nounchicken run, nouncollective farm, nouncoop, nounco-op, nouncorral, nouncorral, verbcowboy, nouncowgirl, nouncowhand, nouncowpoke, nouncreamery, nouncroft, nouncrofter, nouncrofting, nouncultivate, verbcultivation, noundairy, noundairy cattle, noundairy farm, noundairymaid, noundairyman, nounDDT, noundip, verbdip, noundirt farmer, noundrover, noundry-stone wall, noundude ranch, nounDutch barn, nounextensive agriculture, factory farming, nounfallow, adjectivefarm, nounfarm, verbfarmer, nounfarmhand, nounfarmhouse, nounfarming, nounfarmland, nounfarmstead, nounfarmyard, nounfeedstock, nounfield, nounfishery, nounfish farm, nounfish meal, nounflail, verbflail, nounfleece, nounfodder, nounfold, nounfoot and mouth disease, nounforage, nounfowl, nounfree-range, adjectivefungicide, noungamekeeper, noungeld, verbgenetically modified, adjectivegentleman farmer, nounGM, adjectivegoatherd, noungraft, noungraft, verbgranary, noungreenhouse, noungreen revolution, nounGreen Revolution, nounhacienda, nounharrow, nounhatchery, nounhayloft, nounhaymaking, nounhaystack, nounheifer, nounhen house, nounherbicide, nounherd, nounherd, verbherdsman, nounhigh-yield, adjectivehired hand, nounhomestead, nounhomestead, verbhopper, nounhorticulture, nounhusbandry, nounhutch, nouninsecticide, nounintensive agriculture, irrigate, verbJersey, nounkibbutz, nounlamb, verbland agent, nounlasso, nounlasso, verblift, verblitter, nounlivestock, nounlonghorn, nounmad cow disease, nounmanure, nounmeat, nounmerino, nounmilk, nounmilk churn, nounmilking machine, nounmilking parlour, nounmilkmaid, nounmixed farming, nounmower, nounmuck, nounmuckheap, nounnursery, nounoast house, nounorangery, nounorchard, nounorganic, adjectiveorganic farming, paddock, nounpaddy, nounpasturage, nounpasture, nounpasture, verbpastureland, nounpen, nounperpendicular, adjectivepest, nounpesticide, nounpiggery, nounpigpen, nounpigsty, nounpigswill, nounpitchfork, nounplantation, nounplanter, nounplough, nounplough, verbploughboy, nounploughman, nounploughshare, nounpoultry, nounproducer, nounpullet, nounPYO, raise, verbranch, nounrancher, nounranching, nounrange, nounranger, nounrear, verbrick, nounrubber, nounrun, nounrustle, verbscarecrow, nounscythe, nounsharecropper, nounshare-cropper, nounshear, verbshearer, nounsheep-dip, nounsheepdog, nounsheep-pen, nounshepherd, nounshepherdess, nounsickle, nounsilage, nounsilo, nounslaughter, verbslaughterhouse, nounsmallholding, nounsow, verbsow, nounsprayer, nounstable, nounstable, verbstable boy, nounstall, nounstation, nounsteer, nounstock, nounstockbreeder, nounstockman, nounstockyard, nounstubble, nounsty, nounswill, nounswine, nounswineherd, nountenant farmer, nounterrace, nounthresh, verbthreshing machine, nountractor, nountrough, nountruck farm, nountrue, adverbudder, nounvillein, nounvineyard, nounweedkiller, nounweevil, nounwheat, nounwheatgerm, nounwheatmeal, nounwinnow, verbwool, nounwrangler, nounyoke, nounyoke, verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► field
1 (also paddy field) a field in which rice is grown in water SYN rice paddy2British English informal a state of being angry or upset: · The building of irrigation systems and paddy fields is costly in terms of time and effort.· The paddy fields have turned a feathery yellow.· Instead, towards sunset, he led us to another village, off the highway and surrounded by paddy fields.· Captain Samphan was walking fast across the road in the middle distance, ordering some of the troops into the paddy field.· In the old days a suitor sometimes had to work in his prospective father-in-law's paddy fields for three years.· Explosions were continuing in the paddy field, but they began a conversation as though on a quiet street.· Take that paddy field, well stocked with fish, rice and ducks.· Then I heard a sharp, fast cracking, and looked towards the paddy field.
► rice· Methane is also given off by rice paddies and ruminant animals, including cattle.· Chambers panicked and buried himself and the machine gun in the stupid rice paddy.· There is what looks to be a white coastline, brilliant greens, the rice paddies etched on the land.· The en-tire company moved across a rice paddy in echelon formation.· Instead of picking up a gun that morning, Charlie went out into the rice paddies and worked.· No trees or foothills this time; it was all cleared land, dry rice paddies, and sandy, weed-patched fields.· In nature Marsilea is found in ponds, ditches, swamps, rice paddies, and other areas with standing water.
► wagon· It had been an honest mistake, though, the paddy wagon men believing he was dead or dying.· They arrested the peaceful marchers, put them in paddy wagons, and charged them with disorderly conduct.
The news put Mum in a bit of a paddy.