diddly
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈdɪdli/
- Informal
:
nada
- I know diddly squat about F-T, except that it has been around a long time and it works.
- diddly squat
Examples
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You don't know diddly squat about boats.
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We're not gonna make diddly-squat on this job anyway.
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I don't give a diddly what they call me.
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Folks don't count for a diddly.
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The media doesn't give diddly squat about these little people.
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Them cats stole the stolen map we stole, and we ended up with diddly-squat.
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Vernon, you don't have diddly-squat.
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Scrolled by 5 pages of Google results, couldn't find diddly squat.
Blog text (18) -
Those same banks—familiar names all, like Bank of America, Citibank, et al.—have lent just about diddly squat to small businesses in the past three years...
Blog text (13) -
After all the effort we put in, we ended up with diddly to show for it.
Synonyms
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8.1
An amount that is nothing
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9.5
A very small, worthless amount people talk about in negative sentences
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9.9
A very small amount, almost nothing
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9.9
Nothing at all
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9.9
A very small or worthless amount
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9.9
A very small thing that is not important or valuable
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9.9
A very small amount or nothing at all
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9.9
A very small amount that is almost nothing
A very small amount or nothing at all
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Etymology
Diddly probably comes from playful changes of the old verb diddle, which meant 'to trick' or 'to waste time', and from the slang phrase diddly-squat meaning 'nothing'. A helpful way to remember diddly is to think of childish talk for 'almost nothing', which is why we use it for a very small or no amount.