didos

Variant of dido

dido definition

☆ dido (dī′dō)

noun pl. didoes -·does or didos -·dos

Informal a mischievous or foolish action

Etymology: < ? 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

dido Idioms

cut (up) didoes

Informal to behave in mischievous or silly way

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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