Definition of paddies:
(n) :
Rough or unhusked rice, either before it is milled or as a crop to be harvested.
(n) :
(countable) A paddy field, a rice paddy; an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown.
(n) :
A fit of temper; a tantrum.
(n) :
(colloquial, England) A labourer's assistant or workmate.
(n) :
(African-American Vernacular, slang) A white person.
(n) :
A drill used in boring wells, with cutters that expand on pressure.