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Noun: dido (didoes,didos)  dI-dow
Usage: N. Amer, informal
  1. A ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
    "The clown's didoes had the children laughing uncontrollably";
    - antic, joke, prank, trick, caper [informal], put-on [N. Amer, informal]
Noun: Dido  dI-dow
  1. (Roman mythology) a princess of Tyre who was the founder and queen of Carthage; Virgil tells of her suicide when she was abandoned by Aeneas

Derived forms: didoes, didos

Type of: diversion, princess, recreation

Encyclopedia: Dido, Texas