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diddly squat

diddly squat is the alternative form of diddly-squat.

Meaning of diddly-squat

Noun

diddly-squat (uncountable)

  1. (US, humorous, often, slang) Nothing; nothing whatsoever.
    • I didn't know diddly-squat about development; I also didn't know that someone could be an “officer” of major gifts. “Do they wear badges?” my friends had wanted to know, because my friends, like myself, had been completely ignorant of the field of development.2004, Barbara Sutton, The Send-away Girl: Stories, University of Georgia Press, →ISBN, page 184

Questions about diddly squat

What is diddly squat the alternative form of?
Diddly squat is the alternative form of diddly-squat.

Words near diddly squat in the dictionary

  1. diddlies
  2. diddling
  3. diddly
  4. diddly bow
  5. diddly bows
  6. diddly squat
  7. diddly-squat
  8. diddlysquat
  9. diddums
  10. diddy
  11. Diddy blud

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