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The definition of a dido is another term for a trick or joke, such as in the phrase “cutting a dido.”

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An example of a dido is doing a practical joke at an office party.

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noun pl. didoes or didos

Informal a mischievous or foolish action

Origin: < ? Dido, from the story that Dido, on purchasing as much land as might be covered with the hide of a bull, ordered the hide cut into thin strips, with which she surrounded a large area

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Rom. Myth. founder and queen of Carthage: in the Aeneid she falls in love with Aeneas and kills herself when he leaves her

Origin: L < Gr Didō

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noun pl. di·dos or di·does

A mischievous prank or antic; a caper.

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Roman Mythology

The founder and queen of Carthage, who fell in love with Aeneas and killed herself when he abandoned her.

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