dodo

noun

ˈdō-(ˌ)dō How to pronounce dodo (audio)
Definition of dodonext
1
as in fossil
a person with old-fashioned ideas youngsters helping old dodos learn to use computers

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2
as in idiot
a stupid person she called him a dodo after he lost the concert tickets

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Recent Examples of dodo Colossal is already working on artificial eggs that would be big enough for the dodo and moa embryos. — Rob Stein, NPR, 19 May 2026 Colossal is also working on de-extincting the dodo, another South Pacific flightless bird species wiped out by hungry settlers. — David Bloom, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026 The team will spend the next six months ensuring the chickens are healthy and can reproduce, before potentially using the eggs to birth dodos. — Margaux MacColl, Vanity Fair, 19 May 2026 Since announcing its project to bring back the woolly mammoth in 2021, Colossal Biosciences has announced plans to de-extinct two birds, the dodo and the moa, the Australian thylacine or Tasmanian tiger and the dire wolf. — Mike Snider, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dodo
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dodo
  1. fossil
  2. moron
  3. conservative
  4. stupid
  5. veteran
  6. loser
  7. fogy
  8. mutt
Noun
  • Now, the rancher’s 6,500-acre property in Harding County is writing its own chapter in Hell Creek history, having yielded a fossil near the magnitude of Stan.
    — Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 13 July 2026
  • The series will draw on genetic analysis and fossil records across varying regions and environments, combined with photography and animation.
    — K.J. Yossman, Variety, 8 July 2026
Definition of fossil
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  • Mantzoukas was willing to look like a maniac and a moron in equal measure.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 17 June 2026
  • Lluís then calls Puig Antich a moron.
    — Colm Tóibín, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2026
Definition of moron
Noun
  • Especially because Quigley’s district contains the lakefront liberal voters who backed Johnson over Paul Vallas in the 2023 runoff election, when the latter struggled to beat back attacks of being a closet conservative.
    — Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2026
  • The pledge did not immediately satisfy hardline conservatives, who ground operations in the House to a halt last week.
    — Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 7 July 2026
Definition of conservative
Noun
  • My dad has always said the lottery is a tax on the stupid.
    — Alex Crippen, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Problem is, even people who know baseball don’t know baseball, which makes betting on baseball stupid.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
Definition of stupid
Noun
  • The Phillies and Major League Baseball are teaming up to help veterans in the Philadelphia area this All-Star Week.
    — Dan Snyder, CBS News, 14 July 2026
  • While there has been talk of avenging that conflict on social media, the Argentina news outlet Clarín shared a letter from veterans of the Falklands War.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2026
Definition of veteran
Noun
  • Anthropic has already launched products for law firms and design firms; the primary losers there are software companies that hawk those services, like Harvey (law) and Figma (design).
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 9 July 2026
  • The blue team needs to claw back some self-respect and reassure voters that they aren’t being asked to back a bunch of losers.
    — Michelle Cottle, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
Definition of loser
Noun
  • There’s no old fogey-ness to Lorne.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2026
  • For the benefit of us old fogies?
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
Definition of fogy
Noun
  • My high-octane mutt was leaping around the patio table and barking excitedly while my neighbors huddled together over their steaks.
    — Deborah Mower, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
  • The cannister featured an image of an angry mutt with saliva dripping from its jaws.
    — Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 31 May 2026
Definition of mutt

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