diddly-squat
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈdɪdli skwɑt/
- Informal
:
nada
- Vernon, you don't have diddly-squat.
- mean diddly-squat
- give diddly-squat
Examples
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Them cats stole the stolen map we stole, and we ended up with diddly-squat.
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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) -
We're not gonna make diddly-squat on this job anyway.
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I'm not giving you diddly-squat.
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Every other president, Democrat or Republican, has been totally controlled, which is why none of them have done diddly-squat to make a difference in the direction of the country.
Blog text (7) -
The media doesn't give diddly squat about these little people.
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I got diddly-squat.
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You don't know diddly squat about boats.
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"What do you mean?" "I mean, if you weren't their king, they wouldn't have given you diddly squat."
Fiction book (1990) -
We haven't accomplished diddly-squat on this project so far.
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
A very small amount, almost nothing
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9.9
A very small or worthless amount
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4.3
Almost nothing of value
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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
The word diddly-squat mixes the playful diddly, meaning a tiny or silly thing, with squat, which in slang means 'nothing', as in 'you don't know squat', so together it means 'nothing at all'.