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hide-and-seek

hide-and-seek is the alternative spelling of hide and seek.

Meaning of hide and seek

Noun

hide and seek (uncountable)

  1. (playground games) A game where the players have to hide and one has to seek them out.
    • I would sometimes lie down, and let five or six of them dance on my hand; and at last the boys and girls would venture to come and play at hide-and-seek in my hair.1726, Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels

Questions about hide-and-seek

What is hide-and-seek the alternative spelling of?
Hide-and-seek is the alternative spelling of hide and seek.

Words near hide-and-seek in the dictionary

  1. hide-a-keys
  2. hide-all
  3. hide-and-coop
  4. hide-and-die syndrome
  5. hide-and-go-seek
  6. hide-and-seek
  7. hide-bound
  8. hide-hole
  9. hide-holes
  10. hide-out
  11. hide-outs

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