dido

plural didos · plural didoes

1. regionalslangA fuss, a row.

   I remember Raymond telling me years later how when he lived at home, if his mother heard he had been seen as much as talking to a girl, she would kick up a dido.

   1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 30

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   … she always had strong physical attraction for me … that time I kissed her … one reason I’ve steered clear since … take no chances on emotional didos …

   1928, Eugene O'Neill, Strange Interlude, Act Four, page 139

2. A shrewd trick; an antic; a caper.

   Young people," interposed a passing official, "if you keep a cutting didoes, I must talk to you both like a Dutch uncle.

   1838, Joseph Clay Neal, Charcoal Sketches; Or, Scenes in a Metropolis, page 201

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   Our youngest uncle, Billy, was not old enough to join in their didoes. One of their more flamboyant escapades has become a proud family legend.

   1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 10, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, published 1971, page 55

1. USmisspellingMisspelling of ditto.

1. GreekRomanhuman sciencesLegendary founder and first queen of Carthage.
2. A female given name

1. Synonym of Tsez.

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   The name Tsez derives from the indigenous self-designation cez or cezi, while the alternative Dido is the Georgian designation. The traditional lands of the Tsez are more or less coterminous with the Tsunta district (cuntinskij rajon) in Daghestan, excluding the Bezhta division (bežtinskij učastok), inhabited by speakers of Bezhta and Hunzib, and the village of Genukh, where speakers of Hinuq live.

   2013 December 28, Bernard Comrie, Maria Polinsky, “Tsez”, in University of California, Santa Barbara; University of Maryland, College Park, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2021, page 1

   Synonyms: Tsez

1. abbreviationinitialismuncountableInitialism of drive-in drive-out.