squat
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8.1
- noun
- /skwɑt/
- Slang
- I got men out with injuries, and they're short-handed. "I don't know squat about deep mine work," Bandicut pointed out.
- diddly squat
- know squat
- get squat
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Watch on YouTubeNo, due process doesn't mean squat if the final decision of the court isn't executed.
- No, due process doesn't mean squat if the final decision of the court isn't executed.
- So our families of Americans who died there aren't getting squat, but we are paying Taliban families for basically dying while attacking us?
Examples
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If we don't, we won't get squat.
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They don't mean squat.
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The ability to imagine something proves squat as far as building it goes.
Blog text (11) -
Millions of dollars of funding, and nobody around this dump can draw worth squat.
Fiction book (2000) -
No big deal, squat, little bit of achiness, nothing crazy.
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Nobody knows squat about our homies up there.
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You've been going for a month and you have found squat.
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But they don't do squat.
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You don't know squat.
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After working for hours, I realized I was getting paid jack squat for my efforts.
Synonyms
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1.0
Not anything of interest or value
∞
9.9
Something worthless or untrue that people say to you
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9.5
A very small, worthless amount people talk about in negative sentences
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8.3
The state of having no value, result, or importance
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9.9
Something that has no value or use
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9.9
Not anything or zero
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9.9
Nothing at all
7
8.5
Nothing at all
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9.9
A very small amount, almost nothing
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9.4
Nothing at all
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9.9
A very small amount, almost nothing
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9.9
Nothing at all
2
9.9
A very small or worthless amount
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9.9
Something of little or no worth
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9.9
A very small amount that is almost nothing
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9.9
A very small amount or nothing at all
A very small amount or nothing at all
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Etymology
Squat as slang for 'nothing' likely grew from the idea of being very low or having very little, so a helpful way to remember is to think of 'not squat' as 'not even a little', which is why it means 'nothing'.