doodly-squat

Not a thing

Doodly-squat means nothing at all, zero, not a thing.

It's an emphatic way of saying someone has or knows nothing: He doesn't know doodly-squat about cars, We got paid doodly-squat for all that work.

The word is informal and mildly humorous, a cleaned-up variant of diddly-squat, itself a euphemism for shit.

nothingness

zilch

Informal term for naught

zipToothed sliding fastener
nadaBorrowed zero
nilNothing whatsoever

bupkis · goose egg · naught · zero · diddly · jack · zippo · nothing · nix · bubkes

slang

zilch

Informal term for naught

bupkisNothing, in slang
nadaBorrowed zero
zipToothed sliding fastener

diddly · jack · goose egg · zippo · bubkes · nix · scratch · beans · diddy · sweet nothing

worthlessness

paltry

Contemptibly meager

negligibleToo small to consider
triflingOf no real importance
piddlingInsignificantly small

measly · pittance · chicken feed · chump change · small potatoes · peanuts · pocket change · plug nickel · red cent · wooden nickel

Categories

nothingnessnothing, zero, nil, none, nada

Opposites

quantity/amount

doodly-squateverything

The complete set

a lot · plenty · tons · heaps · a great deal

Family

squat, doodle, squats, doodles, squatting, doodling, squatted, squatter, diddly-squat

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