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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024do•do /ˈdoʊdoʊ/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -dos, -does. - Birdsa large, extinct, flightless bird of the pigeon family.
- Slang Termsa dull-witted, slow-reacting person.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024do•do (dō′dō),USA pronunciation n., pl. -dos, -does. - Birdsany of several clumsy, flightless, extinct birds of the genera Raphus and Pezophaps, related to pigeons but about the size of a turkey, formerly inhabiting the islands of Mauritius, Réunion, and Rodriguez.
- Slang Termsa dull-witted, slow-reacting person.
- a person with old-fashioned, conservative, or outmoded ideas.
- a thing that is outmoded or obsolete.
- Portuguese doudo, fool, madman (of uncertain origin, originally); the bird apparently so called from its clumsy appearance
- 1620–30
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: dodo /ˈdəʊdəʊ/ n ( pl dodos, dodoes)- any flightless bird, esp Raphus cucullatus, of the recently extinct family Raphidae of Mauritius and adjacent islands: order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc). They had a hooked bill, short stout legs, and greyish plumage
- informal an intensely conservative or reactionary person who is unaware of changing fashions, ideas, etc
- (as) dead as a dodo ⇒ (of a person or thing) irretrievably defunct or out of date
Etymology: 17th Century: from Portuguese doudo, from doudo stupid |