diddley
2
9.9
- noun
- /ˈdɪdli/
- Informal
- 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
701
9.9
Not anything or zero
462
1.0
No thing present in a place or situation
51
8.1
An amount that is nothing
41
9.5
A very small, worthless amount people talk about in negative sentences
15
8.5
Nothing at all
14
9.9
A very small amount, almost nothing
11
8.4
Useless or unimportant things that distract from what matters
7
4.3
Almost nothing of value
6
5.4
A small detail that does not matter
4
9.9
Nothing at all
2
9.9
Something of little or no worth
2
9.9
A very small or worthless amount
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
No money at all
1
4.0
A small thing that is not important
1
9.9
A very small amount of something that is almost none
1
9.9
A very small thing that is not important or valuable
1
9.9
A very small amount of money used to say something is not worth much
1
9.9
A small unimportant thing not worth worrying about
A very small amount or nothing at all
Nothing at all is left
Something that has no value or use
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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.