doodly-squat

doodly-squat
/doohd"lee skwot'/, n. Slang.
a minimum amount or degree; the least bit (usually used in the negative): This coin collection isn't worth doodly-squat in today's market.
[prob. euphemistic var. of DOODLY-SHIT, DIDDLYSHIT; see DOODLE1, DIDDLE2, -Y2]

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  • doodly-squat — doo•dly squat [[t]ˈdud liˌskwɒt[/t]] n. Slang. cvb diddly squat …   From formal English to slang

  • doodly-squat — noun a small worthless amount you don t know jack • Syn: ↑jack, ↑diddly squat, ↑diddlysquat, ↑diddly shit, ↑diddlyshit, ↑diddly, ↑diddley, ↑squat, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • doodly-squat — noun see doodley squat …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • doodly-squat — noun Emphatic form of nothing. , Possibly the origin of diddly squat …   Wiktionary

  • doodly-squat — n A small, worthless amount The president doesn t knowdoodly squat about running a country. 1930s …   Historical dictionary of American slang

  • doodly-squat — noun another term for diddly squat …   English new terms dictionary

  • doodly-shit — Go to diddly shit. (doodly )squat Go to diddly squat …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • squat — squatly, adv. squatness, n. /skwot/, v., squatted or squat, squatting, adj., squatter, squattest, n. v.i. 1. to sit in a low or crouching position with the legs drawn up closely beneath or in front of the body; sit on one s haunches or heels. 2.… …   Universalium

  • squat — n American (a) shit. From the action of squatting down to defecate. By extension, squat, a word used typically in country areas of the USA, is also used to mean nothing or a worthless thing. Doodly squat is an elab oration. ► It ain t worth squat …   Contemporary slang

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