"paddywhack" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-paddywhack.wav Forms: paddywhacks [plural], paddy-whack [alternative]
Etymology: Unknown. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown Head templates: {{en-noun}} paddywhack (plural paddywhacks)
  1. (dated, derogatory) An Irishman. Tags: dated, derogatory
    Sense id: en-paddywhack-en-noun-TFzFCpVx
  2. (dated) A blow; a slap. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-paddywhack-en-noun-zZyQ1vUo
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: paddywhackery
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-paddywhack.wav Forms: paddywhacks [plural], paddy-whack [alternative]
Etymology: Deliberate corruption of paxwax. Head templates: {{en-noun}} paddywhack (plural paddywhacks)
  1. (slang) The paxwax (ligament of the neck in quadrupeds). Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-paddywhack-en-noun-2pkwCYmA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 4 88 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 5 84 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 4 87 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-paddywhack.wav Forms: paddywhacks [present, singular, third-person], paddywhacking [participle, present], paddywhacked [participle, past], paddywhacked [past], paddy-whack [alternative]
Etymology: Unknown. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown Head templates: {{en-verb}} paddywhack (third-person singular simple present paddywhacks, present participle paddywhacking, simple past and past participle paddywhacked)
  1. (dated, transitive) To slap. Tags: dated, transitive
    Sense id: en-paddywhack-en-verb-XfCnnQUJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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