variants
or doodly-squats
as in damns
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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Kershaw was on the winning end more often than not, but that didn’t mean the Giants didn’t also get in their licks.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
20 Sep. 2025 -
From bouncy dancehall riddims and hip-hop production inflections to tender country and western guitar licks, Treasure Self Love distills Iké’s wide range of childhood music into a succinct 11-track study of achieving wholeness by unflinchingly examining the darkest parts of your past.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
18 Sep. 2025
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Ha-Ha-Halloween Song If your toddler is still a tad freaked out by all the skeletons and ghosts appearing around their neighborhood in the form of creepy decorations, and the prospect of dressing up just doesn’t sound appealing, CoComelon can help.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
3 Oct. 2025
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Every room has had an account of ghosts or spirits but certain rooms are consistently haunted.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Oct. 2025
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Add broth, beans, tomatoes, potatoes, corn and hot pepper sauce.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Oct. 2025
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China, the biggest foreign buyer of American soybeans for many years, last bought American beans in May and has not bought any for this harvest season, which began in September.—
Danny Bakst,
Fortune,
5 Oct. 2025
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All the segments understand the assignment, aiming primarily to elicit hoots and hollers.—
James Grebey,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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The town hall crowd received my comments with strong clapping and appreciative hoots and hollers.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Two words, two syllables; one from earth, the other of heaven.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
23 Sep. 2025
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The name can be pronounced with two syllables (/ˈkwɑːwɑːr/) or three (/ˈkwɑːoʊ(w)ɑːr/).—
Nola Taylor Tillman,
Space.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Doodley-squats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doodley-squats. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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