Definition

1. Noun:
   • A mischievous or playful trick; a prank; a caper: "dido" can refer to a playful or mischievous act, often meant to amuse or trick someone.
   • A foolish or frivolous act; a silly antic: It can also denote a silly or foolish action, often one that is showy or ostentatious.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The children were up to their usual didoes, hiding their teacher's chalk.
  • He cut a dido by pretending to faint, just to get attention.

Advanced Usage

• "to cut [up] didoes": to play pranks or act in a silly, showy manner.
  • Stop cutting up didoes and help me with this serious work.

Variants and Related Words

• Didoes (n): The standard plural form of "dido."
  • Their didoes were amusing at first but soon became annoying.

Synonyms

• Prank: A practical joke or mischievous act.
• Antic: An attention-drawing, often silly, act or gesture.
• Caper: A playful leap or skip; a frivolous escapade.

Related Idioms

• "cut a dido" / "cut up didoes": To behave in a playful, mischievous, or foolishly showy way.
  • The comedian was famous for cutting didoes on stage to make the audience laugh.

Noun

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