diddly squat
Nothing at all
Diddly squat means nothing at all, zero, not a thing: He doesn't know diddly squat about cars, We got paid diddly squat for all that work.
The phrase is emphatic and mildly humorous, used when "nothing" alone doesn't convey sufficient dismissiveness.
Also spelled diddly-squat or shortened to just diddly.
- zilchInformal term for naught
- nothingNot any thing
- goose eggSlang for zero
- zeroNumerical absence of quantity
- naughtNothing at all
not a thing · nil · bupkis · bugger all · not a sausage · none · jack · zip · triviality · nada · unimportance · hill of beans · drop in the bucket · insignificance · null · irrelevance · pittance · next to nothing
value/significance
diddly squateverything
The complete set
a great deal · real value · substance · worth · importance
diddly, squat, squats, squatted, squatting, squatter, squatters