Diddly
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /ˈdɪdəli/
Origin 1
Short for diddly-squat
Synonyms
- See also .
Origin 2
Imitating a sound
Interjection
- A written representation of a trill sound.
- 1993, Hugh Hood, Be sure to close your eyes: a novelOn 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..."
- 2005, Gordon Giltrap, Total Giltrap: Guitar Encounters of the Fingerstyle Kind...When combined with the following picked note, this gives a rhythmic 'diddly-dum' effect.
- 2008, Kristie Theobald, Irish AngelsIt'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!â€)
Origin 3
Possibly shortened from diddlywhacker.
Noun
diddly
(plural diddlies)- (slang, sometimes childish) penis
- 1968, Monica Dickens, The Landlord's Daughter, Doubleday & Company (1968), page 268:"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."
Synonyms
- See also .