diddly
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diddly¹
- /ˈdɪdəli/ UK
Where it comes from
Short for diddly-squat.
noun diddlies · tiddley
- 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.
diddly²
- /ˈdɪdəli/ UK
Where it comes from
Onomatopoeic.
interjection tiddely · tiddly · tiddledy · tiddley
- 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..."
diddly³
- /ˈdɪdəli/ UK
Where it comes from
Possibly shortened from diddlywhacker.
noun diddlies
- 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."
