hide-and-seek

[hahyd-n-seek]

noun

1. 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.

hide-and-seek

noun

1. a game in which one player covers his eyes and waits while the others hide, and then he tries to find them

Word History and Origins

Origin of hide and seek¹

First recorded in 1665–75

Idioms and Phrases

see play hide and seek.

Example Sentences

He first appears in the series as part of a hide-and-seek match where the chasers are equipped with machine guns and permitted to rain bullets down on the innocent.

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Brian grew up playing baseball, hide-and-seek and kickball with nearly a dozen neighbor kids — staying outdoors until it grew dark under the watchful eye of a rotating cast of parents.

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In the resulting paintings, the small photographic moments are reduced to tiny slivers emerging from the paint, playing a delightful game of hide-and-seek.

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Lucas benefits from both Menzies’ natural reserve and his ability to show what roils beneath that stoicism, a game of emotive hide-and-seek.

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He did so by playing a version of hide-and-seek, issuing orders that some of the enslaved people would be moved in and out of Philadelphia to avoid detection.

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