diddly-squat

did·dly–squat

noun \-ˌskwät\

Definition of DIDDLY-SQUAT

slang

: the least amount : anything at all <didn't know diddly–squat about sports — Samuel Toperoff>

Origin of DIDDLY-SQUAT

probably alteration of doodly-squat

First Known Use: 1963

Related to DIDDLY-SQUAT

Synonyms: beans, bubkes (also bupkes or bupkus), continental, damn, darn (also durn), diddly [slang], diddly-squat [slang], doodley-squat (or doodly-squat), fig, ghost, hoot, iota, lick, modicum, rap, squat [slang], syllable, tittle, whit, whoop

Related Words: ace, bit, crumb, dab, driblet, glimmer, hint, little, mite, nip, ounce, particle, peanuts, pin, ray, scrap, scruple, semblance, shade, shadow, shred, skosh, smidgen (also smidgeon or smidgin or smidge), snap, speck, spot, sprinkling, strain, streak, suspicion, touch, trace

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