diddly-squat

did dly-squat |ˈdidlē ˌskwät ˈdɪdli ˌskwɑt |(also diddly ) ▶pronoun [ usu. with negative ] informal anything: she didn't care diddly-squat about what Darryl thought | they don't know diddly about softball. ORIGIN mid 20th cent.: probably from slang doodle ‘excrement ’ + squat in the sense ‘defecate. ’

diddly-squat

diddly-squat |ˈdɪdlɪˌskwɒt |(also doodly-squat ) ▶pronoun [ usu. with negative ] informal anything: Hiram didn't care diddly-squat about what Darrel thought. ORIGIN 1960s: probably from US slang doodle ‘excrement ’ + squat in the sense ‘defecate ’.

diddly-squat

diddly-squat noun 1 the contestants who miss the final question go home with diddly-squat: nothing, zero; informal zilch, zip, nada, diddly, squat. 2 these guys don't know diddly-squat about roofing: anything, a thing; informal diddly, squat, step one, rule one, word one.