diddly-shit

Questions about diddly-shit

What does diddly-shit mean?

diddly-shit means "a small worthless amount".

How many syllables are in diddly-shit?

diddly-shit has 3 syllables and divides as didd-ly--shit under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for diddly-shit?

Close synonyms include jack, doodly-squat, diddly-squat, diddlysquat, diddlyshit. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is diddly-shit a common word?

diddly-shit is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.