different between diddy vs diddly

English

Pronunciation

• Homophones: ditty (US)
• Rhymes: -?di

Etymology 1

Variant of titty. Attested from the late eighteenth century.

Noun

diddy (plural diddies)

1. (slang) A woman's breast.
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2. (informal, Ireland, Britain) A fool, a tit.

Adjective

diddy (comparative diddier, superlative diddiest)

1. (Britain, informal) very small, tiny
   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:diddy.

Synonyms

see Thesaurus:tiny

Etymology 2

Likely from Romani didikai; compare didicoy.

Noun

diddy (plural diddies)

1. (Britain, slang) A gypsy.

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?d?li/

Etymology 1

Short for diddly-squat.

Noun

diddly (plural diddlies)

1. (informal) A small amount of no worth.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:modicum

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Alternative forms

• tiddely
• tiddly
• tiddledy
• tiddley

Interjection

diddly

1. A written representation of a trill sound.

Etymology 3

Possibly shortened from diddlywhacker.

Noun

diddly (plural diddlies)

1. (slang, sometimes childish) penis

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus: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."