dildo

Noun

dildo (plural dildos or dildoes)

1. An artificial phallus (penis), particularly for sexual uses.
2. (pejorative) An idiot.
3. (botany) A columnar cactaceous plant of the West Indies (Pilosocereus royenii).
   • 1910, Forrest Shreve, “The coastal deserts of Jamaica”, in The Plant World: An Illustrated Monthly Journal of Popular Botany, volume 13, pages 129-130:

     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).

See also

• vibrator
• fleshlight

Verb

dildo (third-person singular simple present dildoes, present participle dildoing, simple past and past participle dildoed)

1. (transitive) To penetrate with a dildo or with another object as if it were a dildo.
   • 1681 Scudamore, Homer A la Mode, 2, 48:

     Venus [...] is Dildo'd by Cauda Draconis.

   • 2010, Reggie Chesterfield, Goody Goes Bad!, page 40:

     A muscular female prison guard was dildoing a petite brunette with a night stick.

Interjection

dildo

1. (obsolete) A burden: a phrase or theme that recurs at the end of a verse of a folk song.
   • 1610, William Shakespeare, The Winter’s Tale, Act IV, scene iv:

     He hath songs for man or woman, of all sizes; […] with such delicate burthens of dildos and fadings,

   • c. 1600, Thomas Morley, Will You Buy a Fine Dog?:

     Will you buy a fine dog, with a hole in his head?

     With a dildo, dildo, dildo; […]

   • c. 1600-1636, William Sampson, The Vow Breaker:

     oh Vrsula, Vrsula pity me with a dildo, dildo, dillory?

Declension

Declension