Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small or worthless amount.
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- noun US slang
nothing ; nothing whatsoever.
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- noun a small worthless amount
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Other than getting into a decent grad school and associating with the cream of your generation, getting straight A's means diddly-squat in the real world, where it's all about hustle, determination, focus, dressing right, sucking up, and who you know.
E. Jean Carroll: 25 Things Every Woman Should Know E. Jean Carroll 2010
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Other than getting into a decent grad school and associating with the cream of your generation, getting straight A's means diddly-squat in the real world, where it's all about hustle, determination, focus, dressing right, sucking up, and who you know.
E. Jean Carroll: 25 Things Every Woman Should Know E. Jean Carroll 2010
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Other than getting into a decent grad school and associating with the cream of your generation, getting straight A's means diddly-squat in the real world, where it's all about hustle, determination, focus, dressing right, sucking up, and who you know.
E. Jean Carroll: 25 Things Every Woman Should Know E. Jean Carroll 2010
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Republicans don't know diddly-squat about economics and financial policy.
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I would do diddly-squat because there is no way that a novel – or a video game, television show or film, for that matter – can have any possible input into a criminal act.
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Other than getting into a decent grad school and associating with the cream of your generation, getting straight A's means diddly-squat in the real world, where it's all about hustle, determination, focus, dressing right, sucking up, and who you know.
E. Jean Carroll: 25 Things Every Woman Should Know E. Jean Carroll 2010
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I would do diddly-squat because there is no way that a novel – or a video game, television show or film, for that matter – can have any possible input into a criminal act.
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That's because they don't know diddly-squat about issues.
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I choose, and voted for, Barack Obama, but if he doesn't win, I will vote for Clinton over John McCain anytime, and I no longer care diddly-squat for Clinton.
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I get diddly-squat for posting this comment on this blog.
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whichbe commented on the word diddly-squat
A particularly frivolous exercise technique.
December 11, 2008