Dictionary

diddly en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈdɪdəli/ (UK)
• (Australia) audio

Etymology

Short for diddly-squat.

Meanings

1. (countable, informal, uncountable) 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. 1990, Tim O'Brien, The Things They Carried:

Forms

Deriveds

diddly-squat

Synonyms

jot · pinch · aught · smithereen · modicum · hooter · spark · sprinkle · grain · spot · morsel · halfpennyworth · dab · lick · scooch · hoot · shred · inch · dash · damn · smidgen · spatter · morceau · particle · atom · semblance · skoosh · ace · glimmer · skosh · fleck · strain · tidbit · ooch · relish · flyspeck · tuppence worth · smidge · dusting · flip · skerrick · bissel · sprinkling · atomy · glint · scintilla · touch · pennyworth · tidge · sliver · mote · glimpse · soupçon · vestige · smitch · piece · trace · crumb · tad · drop · iota · continental · hint · tinge · molecule · scent · ounce · scruple · trifle · speckle · scrap · smattering · scantling · tittle · speck · toddick · thought · bit · whiff · dot · smidgy · whit · smidget · diddly · mite

diddly en · INTJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈdɪdəli/ (UK)
• (Australia) audio

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Meanings

1. A written representation of a trill sound.
   • 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!”) 2008, Kristie Theobald, Irish Angels:
   • 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..." 1993, Hugh Hood, Be sure to close your eyes: a novel:
   • ...When combined with the following picked note, this gives a rhythmic 'diddly-dum' effect. 2005, Gordon Giltrap, Total Giltrap: Guitar Encounters of the Fingerstyle Kind:

Forms

diddly en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• /ˈdɪdəli/ (UK)
• (Australia) audio

Etymology

Possibly shortened from diddlywhacker.

Meanings

1. (childish, slang, sometimes) 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." 1968, Monica Dickens, The Landlord's Daughter, Doubleday & Company, page 268:

Forms

Relateds

diddly bow · scrum-diddly-umptious

Synonyms

tongue · piece of pork · phallus · meat · snausage · wang · meat scepter · hog · trouser snake · organ · verge · pistol · hose · spitstick · membrum virile · pee-pee · shmekl (q · thingy · love sausage · D · dong · gun · weenie · joint · thing · custard launcher · pork sword · chode · hoo-hoo · bobby · wiener · fuckpole · hammer · schlong · hairy canary · winkle · it · whale · colloquial · magnum · machine · prick · dock · p-word · birdie · meatstick · knob · jimmy · hagfish · purple-headed yogurt slinger · dicklet · unit · love stick · nob · wingwang · old fellow · dingaling · pipe · wick · snake · disco stick · cock · shaft · diddle · widdler · sucker · dog bone · sausage · langer · eggplant · dingus · third leg · cigar · donger · pike · cack · diddly · rape tool · todger · male member · John Thomas · willie · dinkle · pego · dingy · rutter · Percy · doodle · virile member · nature's scythe · pillicock · pink oboe · pud · pizzle · truncheon · lingam · pickle · sex tool · anaconda · peener · rod · dipstick · cucumber · stem · root · tarse · man-meat · jade stalk · penis · job · old chap · pee-wee · fucker · short arm · piston · fire hose · hot rod · kielbasa · winky · package · manhood · love truncheon · ding-a-ling · stretcher · down · meat rod · widgie · Master John Goodfellow · jigger · meat puppet · dinger · python · love wand · dork · tadger · choad · dingle · hooter · member · weapon · piece · Excalibur · dirk · plonker · whang · schmuck · hot dog · meat stick · trouser monkey · jamoke · jock · skin flute · pink cigar · bald-headed hermit · one-eyed trouser snake · weeny · Jonathan · boonga · pecker · putz · tool · salami · pintle · tail · tallywhacker · shlong · lad · peen · ying-yang · peter · fish · dink · willy · Donkey Kong · joystick · dick · crank · chopper · ramrod · wee-wee · love muscle · tic tac · baloney pony · tagger · corey · banana · johnson · Yiddish) · toy · bird · pisser · yard · tube steak · eel · choda · swipe · gherkin · pingas · ding-dong