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Definition of Hide-and-seek
1. Noun. A game in which a child covers his eyes while the other players hide then tries to find them.
Definition of Hide-and-seek
1. Noun. Variant of hide and seek ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hide-and-seek
Literary usage of Hide-and-seek
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America by James Longstreet (1896)
"... Hide-and-Seek in the Mountains—Longstreet's Position was of Strategic
Importance—That Fact fully appreciated by President Lincoln, Secretary Stan ton, ..."
2. Bits of Travel at Home by Helen Hunt Jackson (1878)
"hide-and-seek TOWN. IT lies in the uplands, and you can go within a mile of it by
... I christened it " Hide-and-Seek Town " myself one day as I was drawing ..."
3. Little-folk Lyrics by Frank Dempster Sherman (1897)
"hide-and-seek Now hide the flowers beneath the snow, And Winter shall not find
them ; Their safety nooks he cannot know: They left no tracks behind them. ..."
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