diddly–squat

noun did·dly–squat \-ˌskwät\

: the least amount : anything at all

Full Definition of DIDDLY-SQUAT

slang

: the least amount : anything at all <didn't know diddly–squat about sports — Samuel Toperoff>

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probably alteration of doodly-squat

First Known Use: 1963

Synonyms: beans, bubkes (also bupkes or bupkus), continental, damn, darn (also durn), diddly [slang], diddly-squat [slang], doodley-squat (or doodly-squat), fig, ghost, hoot, iota, lick, modicum, rap, squat [slang], syllable, tittle, whit, whoop

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