diddly
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 6
/ˈdɪdəli/
(UK)
Definition of diddly
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, informal, uncountable)A small amount of no worth.
“They head down the mountain, back to base camp, and when they get there they don't say diddly. They don't talk. Not a word, like they're deaf and dumb.”
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noun
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(countable, informal, uncountable)A small amount of no worth.
“They head down the mountain, back to base camp, and when they get there they don't say diddly. They don't talk. Not a word, like they're deaf and dumb.”
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(childish, slang, sometimes)penis
“"My child is going to be taught all about sex as soon as he can understand. Mother-in-law is always clucking to him about his diddly. No, no, I say, you must call it penis."”
intj
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A written representation of a trill sound.
“On the handcar mornings or evenings he would amuse his companion by pumping away to a triple-tongued pattern, which he would hum emphatically as they rolled along: "dum diddly diddly diddly diddly diddly diddly dee dee-dum dum diddly diddly diddly diddly diddly diddly dee..."”
“...When combined with the following picked note, this gives a rhythmic 'diddly-dum' effect.”
“It's easy enough for him to go “diddly-diddly-diddly-dum” a thousand and one times, whereas with me it's “diddly-diddly-diddly- omigodIcan'tbreathe-dum!”)”
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Etymology
Short for diddly-squat.
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