Thesaurus results for DOODLEY-SQUAT

doodley-squat

noun

ˈdü-dᵊl-ē-ˌskwät

variants or doodly-squat

Definition of doodley-squat

as in damn

the smallest amount or part imaginable tried to act intelligent but it was painfully obvious that he didn't know doodley-squat about cosmology

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Noun

Trump is not a successful deal maker, because no deal Trump makes is worth a damn.

— Chris Brennan, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
And if that is to be the case, most Chicagoans do not give a damn whether the team goes to Arlington Heights or Hammond.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2026

Definition of damn

Noun

Closer to home there’s The Invite’s Olivia Wilde, who is a hoot as a tightly wound yuppie, and who could make history as the first woman to direct herself to an acting nomination.

— Nate Jones, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
Whyte is a hoot, and her thick-as-thieves chemistry with Horgan a delight.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of hoot

Noun

Law never made men a whit more just; and, by means of their respect for it, even the well-disposed are daily made the agents of injustice.

— René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
In art, as in life, the messy materiality of flesh fazes me not one whit.

— Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of whit

Noun

But for the most part, both are getting their points across, landing a few licks and, so far, avoiding the sort of major gaffe or damaging moment that could reshape the race.

— AJC.com, AJC.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Shafee operates in a languid, free-form zone throughout, trading his funky licks for loose, spacious lines and tolling, repetitive chords.

— Reed Jackson, SPIN, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of lick

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El-Sayed didn’t win himself any favors with an arrogant acceptance speech delivered without a shred of grace.

— Kaitlyn Buss, Boston Herald, 7 Nov. 2026
Not every case deserves that kind of last-minute intervention, but in Duckett’s case nearly every shred of evidence presented at his original trial has been disproven or debunked.

— Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of shred

Noun

In Fruit with Flowers, fruits and flowers are spilling on top of each other, from peaches, grapes, figs, plums, red currants, and a pomegranate to hollyhocks and poppies.

— Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 9 Nov. 2026
On the right side of the property, Peter planted several fruit trees, including a couple of fig trees, a pomegranate, plum and olive trees, a persimmon and guava.

— Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of fig

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