hide-and-seek

noun

: a children's game in which one player does not look while others hide and then goes to find them

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The concept evolved from his long-running YouTube hide-and-seek videos and has since translated into a streaming hit. Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 18 Dec. 2025 An attack ordered by ‘Slender Man’ The May 31, 2014, attack on Leutner began as a Saturday morning game of hide-and-seek in the woods of a suburban Milwaukee park. Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 29 Nov. 2025 The morning after, Geyser and Weier convinced Leutner to play hide-and-seek in the park near her house in Waukesha, Wisc. Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025 Kids playing hide-and-seek in cemeteries and teenagers drinking beer at night weren’t uncommon, Molloy said. Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hide-and-seek

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1727, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hide-and-seek was circa 1727

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“Hide-and-seek.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hide-and-seek. Accessed 24 Dec. 2025.

Kids Definition

hide-and-seek

noun
ˌhīd-ᵊn-ˈsēk
: a game in which everyone hides from one player who tries to find them

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