variants or doodly-squat

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doodley-squat
Noun
  • Even for those in the North who didn’t care a damn for the four million held in brutal bondage, or those who wanted a soft, conciliatory approach, the war began to take on new and moral meaning.
    Jack Sheehan September 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
  • At the start, the project required building a damn to drain the water from the facade.
    Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • After 40 minutes, his energy hasn’t flagged a whit.
    Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 2 July 2025
  • The most memorable offerings didn’t care a whit about product-testing strategies.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • The bright orange bucket, sporting Home Depot's logo, features jack-o'-lanterns, bats, ghosts, spiders and spiderwebs.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The ghosts of the Federal Theatre still haunt the 102-year-old movie house, and David Lindoerfer has seen them.
    John Wenzel, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • All the segments understand the assignment, aiming primarily to elicit hoots and hollers.
    James Grebey, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The film drew hoots of approval as Roberts and her fellow cast embraced before the crowd on the theater’s balcony.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • TikTok @evelynmmartin The dog jumps onto the grassy area, shakes his head with his whole body moving in excitement, and jumps up to greet Martin, showering her with licks and nuzzles before spinning excitedly in a circle.
    Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The roads became thick with mud, the numbers in his Company were diminishing, and on a night in June the Company advanced to dig a further trench, only to retreat again immediately having not made a lick of progress—but not without suffering the fatality of his friend, Thomas.
    Alice Vernon September 8, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Aster’s team didn’t sell the foreign rights to the book or submit it for film and TV rights to keep from spilling the beans.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • For $90, a platter will hit your table ladened with a tin of caviar, six golden gorditas each the size of a blini, and puréed ayocote beans for dolloping.
    The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Doodley-squat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doodley-squat. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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