hide-and-seek

[ hahyd-n-seek ]

/ ˈhaɪd nˈsik /

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noun

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.

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Also called hide-and-go-seek

[hahyd-n-goh-seek]. /ˈhaɪd n goʊˈsik/.

Origin of hide-and-seek

First recorded in 1665–75

Words nearby hide-and-seek

hiddenite, hidden tax, hidden unemployment, hide, Hide-A-Bed, hide-and-seek, hideaway, hideaway bed, hidebound, hide nor hair, neither, hide one's face

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How to use hide-and-seek in a sentence

As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.
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But on Thursday Boxer triggered a Golden State political earthquake, announcing that she would not seek a fifth term in 2016.
The Golden State Preps for the ‘Red Wedding’ of Senate Races|David Freedlander|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.
In Defense of Blasphemy|Michael Tomasky|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Yes, Byrd—dead four-and-a-half years now—was a Kleagle in the Ku Klux Klan.
Steve Scalise and the Right’s Ridiculous Racial Blame Game|Michael Tomasky|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Parents who want to transfer custody of a child to someone other than a relative must seek permission from a judge.
Judge: Rehoming Kids Is Trafficking|Tina Traster|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Poor Squinty ran and tried to hide under the straw, for he knew the boy was talking about him.
Squinty the Comical Pig|Richard Barnum
Hence arise factions, dissensions, and loss to their religious interests and work; and these intruders seek to rule the others.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
How much of the imagination, how much of the intellect, evaporates and is lost while we seek to embody it in words!
Pearls of Thought|Maturin M. Ballou
Instinctively he tried to hide both pain and anger—it could only increase this distance that was already there.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood

British Dictionary definitions for hide-and-seek

hide-and-seek

US and Canadian hide-and-go-seek

noun

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

hide and seek

see play hide and seek.