variants
or hidy-hole
as in hideout
a place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others
commandos captured the deposed dictator in a carefully camouflaged cellar that he had been using as a hidey-hole
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Recent Examples of hidey-hole
But no sooner had còsagach caught on than Gaelic speakers rose up in protest, saying the word didn’t evoke coziness so much as a damp hidey-hole, the kind of mossy burrow that a small creature might live in.
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Leslie Jamison, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2025
Aping the fastidious wartime geolocation of videos shot by Islamic State forces, Russian military units, and other murderous pariahs, the intrepid Bellingcat detective further pin-points Ammon’s hidey-hole with the aid of mountaineering-app PeakVisor, Google Earth, and Google Street View.
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 5 Nov. 2024
Whereas wood and plastic boards are full of hidey-holes for nasties, titanium cutting boards leave no place for germs and odors to hide.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 29 Oct. 2024
Whereas wood and plastic boards are full of hidey-holes for nasties, titanium cutting boards leave no place for germs and odors to hide.
—Miles Walls, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2024
And soon, nature lovers will have a new secret spot to peep them all: a gigantic sculpture that winds through the landscape and includes a hidey-hole specially for birdwatching.
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2024
Reef-building corals—the engineers of myriad underwater structures—create maritime megalopolises dense with crevices and hidey-holes for fish and other sea creatures.
—Fanni Szakal, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2024
Its ultimate honeymoon hidey-hole, though, is Villa Rahasia, an off-grid retreat on a secret cove reached via a 90-minute trek from the resort, where couples only have the stars in the sky for company.
—Chris Schalkx, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2023
Thus, Superior cleverly crafts a hidey-hole inside the fuel-filler flap, in which is inserted a spare key.
—John Phillips, Car and Driver, 26 Aug. 2023
Leslie Jamison, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2025
Aping the fastidious wartime geolocation of videos shot by Islamic State forces, Russian military units, and other murderous pariahs, the intrepid Bellingcat detective further pin-points Ammon’s hidey-hole with the aid of mountaineering-app PeakVisor, Google Earth, and Google Street View.
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 5 Nov. 2024
Whereas wood and plastic boards are full of hidey-holes for nasties, titanium cutting boards leave no place for germs and odors to hide.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 29 Oct. 2024
Whereas wood and plastic boards are full of hidey-holes for nasties, titanium cutting boards leave no place for germs and odors to hide.
—Miles Walls, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2024
And soon, nature lovers will have a new secret spot to peep them all: a gigantic sculpture that winds through the landscape and includes a hidey-hole specially for birdwatching.
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2024
Reef-building corals—the engineers of myriad underwater structures—create maritime megalopolises dense with crevices and hidey-holes for fish and other sea creatures.
—Fanni Szakal, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2024
Its ultimate honeymoon hidey-hole, though, is Villa Rahasia, an off-grid retreat on a secret cove reached via a 90-minute trek from the resort, where couples only have the stars in the sky for company.
—Chris Schalkx, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2023
Thus, Superior cleverly crafts a hidey-hole inside the fuel-filler flap, in which is inserted a spare key.
—John Phillips, Car and Driver, 26 Aug. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hidey-hole
hideout
Noun
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Up until the al-Qaeda forces discover their hideout, the action is contained to mundane activities: confirming operations, tracking other platoons’ movements.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
7 May 2025
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Based on a true story, a father and son in a warzone hospital face life-or-death choices as their hideout becomes increasingly compromised.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Hidey-hole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hidey-hole. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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