diddly
diddly · diddlies
A small amount of no worthA small amount of no worth.
/ˈdɪdəli/
Meaning
2 senses(countable, informal, uncountable)A small amount of no worth.
a small worthless amount
(childish, slang, sometimes)Penis
Examples
2 sentencesOrigin
Short for diddly-squat. Possibly shortened from diddlywhacker.Forms
plural: diddliesSynonyms
255 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsDeriveddiddly-squat
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.