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paddywhack

English

Alternative forms

  • paddy-whack (and sometimes capitalized)

Etymology

Corruption of paxwax. In the sense of a blow, especially in reference to the folk song This Old Man.

Noun

paddywhack (plural paddywhacks)

  1. (dated, derogatory) An Irishman.
  2. (dated) A blow; a slap.
  3. A strong elastic ligament or tendon in the midline of the neck of sheep or cattle (generally any quadruped) which relieves the animal of the weight of its head.

See also

  • ligamentum nuchae

Verb

paddywhack (third-person singular simple present paddywhacks, present participle paddywhacking, simple past and past participle paddywhacked)

  1. (dated, transitive) To slap.

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