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diddly-squat
(redirected from doodly)

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did·dly-squat also did·dly·squat  (ddl-skwt)
n. Slang
A small or worthless amount.
[Alteration of diddlyshit (influenced by doodly-squat) : diddly (probably from diddle) + shit, added as an intensive (from shit).]
diddly-squat [ˈdɪdlɪˌskwɒt]
pron
US and Canadian informal (usually used with a negative) anything that doesn't mean diddly-squat
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Noun1.diddly-squat - a small worthless amount; "you don't know jack"
diddley, diddly, diddly-shit, diddlyshit, diddlysquat, doodly-squat, jack, squat, shit
small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude
Translations
diddly-squat [ˈdɪdlɪˈskwɒt] N → nada de nada
diddly-squat
n (US inf) → nix (inf); he knows diddly squat about cooking → er hat keinen blassen Schimmer vom Kochen (inf); I don’t think any of these films mean diddly-squat → ich glaube nicht, dass diese Filme irgendwas bedeuten


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One person scribbles any old doodly shape on some paper, and the other person has to turn it into something, anything, whatever the shape suggests.
Traction Man Is Here by Dove Lempke, Susan / The Horn Book Magazine
The work of Jessica Rankin--translucent organdy panels embroidered with doodly symbols and snippets of her own poetic text--centers on this point of contact between thinking and doing.
Jessica Rankin: The Project by Richard, Frances / Artforum International
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