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didoes

didoes is the plural of dido.

Meaning of dido

Noun

dido (plural didos or didoes)

  1. (regional, slang) A fuss, a row.
    • … 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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Questions about didoes

What is didoes the plural of?
Didoes is the plural of dido.

Words near didoes in the dictionary

  1. didodecahedra
  2. didodecahedral
  3. didodecahedron
  4. didodecahedrons
  5. didodecyl
  6. didoes
  7. didomain
  8. didomains
  9. DiDonato
  10. Didonatos
  11. Didonia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: didoes (page history and authors); dido (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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