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hide and seek

  • /ˌhaɪd ən ˈsik/ US

noun hide-and-seek

  1. uncountable 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.

    Similar: hide and coop, hide and go seek

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noun game

Españolescondidas, escondite, escondecucas, escondidillas, gárgaro, orí
한국어숨바꼭질 sumbakkokjil
日本語隠れん坊, 隠れ鬼 kakureoni, 隠れ遊び kakureasobi, 隠れ子 kakurego
中文迷藏 mícáng, 捉迷藏 zhuōmícáng
हिन्दीलुकाछिपी lukāchipī, आइस-पाइस āis-pāis, छुपन-छुपाई chupan-chupāī, छुपम-छुपाई chupam-chupāī, आँखमिचौली ā̃khmicaulī, आँखमिचौनी ā̃khmicaunī
Portuguêsesconde-esconde, pique-esconde, escondidas
Françaiscache-cache
DeutschVerstecken, Versteckspiel
Italianonascondino, rimpiattino
Ελληνικάκρυφτό kryftó
Românăde-a v-ați ascunselea
Русскийпря́тки prjátki, жму́рки žmúrki
Tiếng Việttrốn tìm, ú tim, hú tim
العربيةغُمَّيْضَة ḡummayḍa
עבריתמַחְבּוֹאִים maḥbo'ím

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@misc{hide_and_seek_2026,
  title = {hide and seek},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hide%20and%20seek},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}