diddley
7
9.9
- noun
- /ˈdɪdli/
- Informal
:
nada
- This aircraft isn't going to do diddley-Squat Until it's got the new engines in her.
- diddley-squat
- know diddley
- means diddley
Examples
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All of which, as Scalzi points out, sort of means diddley squat.
Blog text (10) -
The Fed's balance sheet won't mean diddley when the nation's cities are set ablaze after the supply lines collapse.
Blog text (10) -
But the Apache is not a conventional helicopter, and instinct means diddley.
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"That doesn't tell us diddley-squat," Dan groused.
Fiction book (2001) -
That don't mean diddley.
Fiction book (1994) -
Sipping lemon water doesn't do diddley for your digestion besides helping you hydrate.
Blog text (12) -
Billie Jean says she was "just a barefoot girl who didn't know diddley-squat about sophistication" when she met Hank.
Fiction book (1990) -
That's why I've not said a single word about what I think or what I want—what I want doesn't matter diddley doo.
Blog text (15) -
Zero, zilch zot, nix, nada, dry hump, squirt diddley-squat.
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If you don't study for the test, you'll know diddley when it starts.
Synonyms
∞
9.9
Something worthless or untrue that people say to you
54
8.1
An amount that is nothing
43
9.5
A very small, worthless amount people talk about in negative sentences
20
9.9
Something that has no value or use
19
9.9
Not anything or zero
17
1.0
No thing present in a place or situation
7
8.5
Nothing at all
7
8.4
Useless or unimportant things that distract from what matters
6
5.4
A small detail that does not matter
4
9.9
A very small amount, almost nothing
3
9.9
Nothing at all
2
9.9
A very small or worthless amount
2
4.3
Almost nothing of value
2
9.9
Something of little or no worth
1
9.9
A very small thing that is not important or valuable
1
9.9
A very small amount or nothing at all
1
9.9
A very small amount that is almost nothing
1
9.9
A very small amount of something that is almost none
1
4.0
A small thing that is not important
1
9.9
A small unimportant thing not worth worrying about
A very small amount or nothing at all
A very small amount of money used to say something is not worth much
No money at all
Nothing at all is left
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Etymology
The word diddley comes from the everyday word diddle, which can mean 'to cheat' or 'waste time', and from the slang phrase diddly-squat, where squat means 'nothing'. A helpful way to remember diddley is to think of getting 'diddley' as getting 'nothing' or only a very small amount.