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In some senses, diddly is marked as informal, slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.
diddly
/ˈdɪdəli/
noun 2intj 1
Collocations
2VERB + DIDDLY
can't, don't, rolled, say, see
PREP.
about, along
Definitions
noun
1
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.
intj
1
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.
noun
1
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."
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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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.
Wiktionary02
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 did
Wiktionary03
...When combined with the following picked note, this gives a rhythmic 'diddly-dum' effect.
Wiktionary04
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!”)
Wiktionary05
"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."
Wiktionary06
I can't see diddly.
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