diddly-squat

noun

did·​dly-squat ˈdi-dᵊl-ē-ˌskwät 

ˈdid-lē-

slang

: the least amount : anything at all

didn't know diddly-squat about sports

—Sam Toperoff

Synonyms

• beans
• bubkes
• bupkes
• bupkus
• continental
• damn
• darn
• durn
• diddly [slang]
• doodley-squat
• doodly-squat
• fig
• ghost
• hoot
• iota
• jot
• lick
• modicum
• rap
• squat [slang]
• syllable
• tittle
• whit
• whoop

Examples of diddly-squat in a Sentence

your apology is long overdue and doesn't mean diddly-squat to me

Word History

Etymology

probably alteration of doodly-squat

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above