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dido

 

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Noun dido has 1 sense
  1. Dido - (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
    --1 is a kind of
    princess

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Term: Dido

Part of Speech: Noun

Sense 1: A female given name of Greek origin.

Usage: My friend named her daughter Dido after the famous queen from ancient Carthage.

Sample Sentence: Emily and I went to visit Dido yesterday, and she was so excited to show us her new baby.

Part of Speech: Noun

Sense 2: An elaborate or practical joke.

Usage: My brother pulled a dido on me by pretending to be a ghost in the dark room.

Sample Sentence: The students decided to play a dido on their teacher by swapping all the desks around while he was away.

Part of Speech: Noun

Sense 3: A short aria or solo passage between longer sections of the same musical composition.

Usage: The violinist performed an exquisite dido as part of the symphony.

Sample Sentence: The opera singer wowed the audience with her powerful rendition of the dido.

Part of Speech: Verb

Sense 1: To play a prank or engage in mischievous behavior.

Usage: Those kids like to dido around the neighborhood, causing harmless but fun trouble.

Sample Sentence: The teenagers giggled and planned to dido during the school trip to keep themselves entertained.

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