Noun: dido (didoes,didos) dI-dow
Usage: N. Amer, informal
Usage: N. Amer, informal
- 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]
- (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