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dildo¹
- /ˈdɪldəʊ/ UK
- /ˈdɪldoʊ/ US
Rhymes with -ɪldəʊ
Where it comes from
Unclear; possibly an alteration of English diddle. Compare the use as an expressive nonsense syllable in often sexual songs and the spelling dil doul, found in e.g. The Maids Complaint for want of a Dil Doul, a song in the library of Samuel Pepys. Unlikely to be related to Italian diletto (“delight”) or Latin dīlātō (“to open up, spread”), often cited etymologies.
noun dildos · dildoes
- A device used for sexual penetration or another sexual activity. Anything's a dildo if you're brave enough.
- An artificial penis. Adieu! faint-hearted instrument of lust; / That falselie hath betrayde our equale trust. / Hence-forth no more will I implore thine ayde, / Or thee, or man of cowardize upbrayde. / My little dilldo shall suply their kinde: / A knaue, that moues as light as leaues by winde; / That bendeth not, nor fo
- Any device or implement. Call ghost hunters? Those fuckers will show up with gas powered dildos and burn the woods down.
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An idiot; a bore.
I take back cars from dildos who don't pay their bills. Cool huh?
Similar: addle-brain, addlehead, addle pate, airhead, baboon, beanbrain, beetlebrain, beetlehead, berk, bimbo, birdbrain, blockhead
- A columnar cactus of the West Indies (Pilosocereus royenii). The commonest and most conspicuous of the cacti is the "dildoe" (Cereus Swartzii), a columnar form growing to as much as 20 feet in height, a plant the gross physiology of which is probably very similar to that of the sahuaro (Camegiea gigantea).
verb dildoes · dildoing · dildoed
- To penetrate with a dildo or with another object as if it were a dildo. And Venus (one that so much known is) Is Dildo’d by Cauda Draconis.
dildo²
- /ˈdɪldəʊ/ UK
- /ˈdɪldoʊ/ US
Rhymes with -ɪldəʊ
Where it comes from
Related to other nonsense syllables like dido and diddle(-diddle), which similarly developed sexual senses. Found since at least the 1500s, often in contexts where allusion is being made to the sexual sense (above). Possibly influenced by Middle English dildoun (“darling, pet”), early modern English dildin (“sweetheart”); compare Old Norse dilla (“to lull”), dillindo (“lullaby”).
interjection dildoides · dildidoes
- A burden: a phrase or theme that recurs at the end of a verse of a folk song. He hath songs for man or woman, of all sizes;[…] with such delicate burthens of dildos and fadings,
Dildo³
Where it comes from
Uncertain; see the Wikipedia article for some possible origins.
proper noun
- A small town on the island of Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: vibrator, homeowner, owner, proprietor, landowner, landlord, gode, dildoe, dong, dildon't, love doll, dildonics, double dildo, double-ended dildo, diddle, drilldo
Translations
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noun artificial phallus
| Español | consolador, dildo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 딜도 dildo, 모조남근 mojonamgeun |
| 日本語 | 張形, ディルド dirudo |
| 中文 | 假陰莖 /假阴茎 jiǎyīnjīng, 假雞巴 /假鸡巴 jiǎjībā, 按摩棒 ànmóbàng |
| हिन्दी | डिल्डो ḍilḍo |
| Português | dildo, consolo |
| Français | godemichet, gode, phallus artificiel, olisbos, dildo, miché |
| Deutsch | Dildo, Plastikschwanz |
| Italiano | dildo, vibratore |
| Ελληνικά | όλισβος ólisvos |
| Română | dildo |
| Русский | фаллоимита́тор falloimitátor, ди́лдо díldo, самоты́к samotýk |
| العربية | قَضِيب اِصْطِنَاعِيّ qaḍīb iṣṭināʕiyy |
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