hide-and-seek
one of a variety of children's games in which, according to specified rules, one player gives the others a chance to hide and then attempts to find them.
Origin of hide-and-seek
1- Also called hide-and-go-seek [hahyd-n-goh-seek]. /ˈhaɪd n goʊˈsik/.
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How to use hide-and-seek in a sentence
She plays hide-and-seek with neighbors and doodles during her English lessons at the local school.
The Little Syrian Girl With a Bullet in Her Head | Gregory Beals | November 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAll these viruses play a perpetual game of hide-and-seek with the human immune system.
Flu Fears: The Race Between Pandemic Viruses and a Universal Vaccine | John M. Barry | January 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTRedford describes playing many “mischievous hide-and-seek games testing each others boundaries” at her house.
Yes, Nursy, and we had a beautiful time playing hide-and-seek under the bedclothes.
Bumper, The White Rabbit | George Ethelbert WalshI wish I could tell you what a lovely place home is for hide-and-seek.
Queensland Cousins | Eleanor Luisa Haverfield
Miss Laura had trained us to do all kinds of things with balls jumping for them, playing hide-and-seek, and catching them.
Beautiful Joe | Marshall SaundersThere was a game of hide-and-seek on the lawn, and when the shrieks and laughter were subsiding, some one began to sing within.
The Late Miss Hollingford | Rosa MulhollandHer cheeks were pink and her dimples hard at work playing hide-and-seek with their own shadows, when she cranked the little car.
The Camerons of Highboro | Beth B. Gilchrist
British Dictionary definitions for hide-and-seek
a game in which one player covers his eyes and waits while the others hide, and then he tries to find them
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with hide-and-seek
see play hide and seek.
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