paddywhack
/ˈpadɪwak/(also paddywack) informal
noun
1Chiefly derogatory. An Irishman.
2 US informal = paddy. Now rare.
3A severe beating; a violent blow. Now chiefly nursery.
- Sometimes with allusion to the chorus of the folk song This Old Man..
Origin
Late 18th century. Apparently from paddy + whack, although the semantic motivation for the compound is unclear.
- double-acting
- double-action
- double agent
- double axe
- double back
- double-bank
- double bar
- double-barrelled
- double bass
- double bassoon
- double bill
- double bind
- double-bitted axe
- double-blind
- double bluff
- double bogey
- double boiler
- double bond
- double-book
- double-breasted
- double bridle
- double-check
- double chin
- double-chinned
- double-click