Meanings
nounhide and seek (uncountable)
alternative hide-and-seek
- uncountableplayground gamesA 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 TravelsSynonyms: hide and coop, hide and go seek
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA game where the players have to hide and one has to seek them out.
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Translations
Afrikaans wegkruipertjie
- wegkruipertjiegame
Arabic غُمَّيْضَة
- غُمَّيْضَة (ḡummayḍa)game
Bulgarian кри́еница
- кри́еница (kríenica)game
Catalan fet i amagar
- fet i amagargame
Chinese Mandarin 迷藏, 捉迷藏
- 迷藏 (mícáng)game
- 捉迷藏 (zhuōmícáng)game
Czech schovávaná, na schovku
- schovávanágame
- na schovkugame
- schovkagame
- schovávačkagame
Danish gemmeleg
- gemmeleggame
Dutch verstoppertje
- verstoppertjegame
Esperanto kaŝludo
- kaŝludogame
Estonian peitus, peitusemäng
- peitusgame
- peitusemänggame
Finnish kuurupiilo, piilosilla olo
- kuurupiilogame
- piilosilla ologame
French cache-cache
- cache-cachegame
German Verstecken, Versteckspiel
- Versteckengame
- Versteckspielgame
Greek κρυφτό
- κρυφτό (kryftó)game
Hebrew מַחְבּוֹאִים
- מַחְבּוֹאִים (maḥbo'ím)game
Hindi लुकाछिपी, आइस-पाइस
- लुकाछिपी (lukāchipī)game
- आइस-पाइस (āis-pāis)game
- छुपन-छुपाई (chupan-chupāī)game
- छुपम-छुपाई (chupam-chupāī)game
- आँखमिचौली (ā̃khmicaulī)game
- आँखमिचौनी (ā̃khmicaunī)game
Hungarian bújócska
- bújócskagame
Indonesian bersurukan, suruk
- bersurukangame
- surukgame
- petak umpatgame
Irish folach bíog
- folach bíoggame
Italian nascondino, rimpiattino
- nascondinogame
- rimpiattinogame
Japanese 隠れん坊, 隠れ鬼
- 隠れん坊game
- 隠れ鬼 (kakureoni)game
- 隠れ遊び (kakureasobi)game
- 隠れ子 (kakurego)game
Korean 숨바꼭질
- 숨바꼭질 (sumbakkokjil)game
Latvian paslēpes
- paslēpesgame
Lithuanian slėpynės
- slėpynėsgame
Malay main sembunyi-sembunyi, sorok-sorok
- main sembunyi-sembunyigame
- sorok-sorokgame
- aci sorokgame
Māori piripiri, whakapupuni
- piripirigame
- whakapupunigame
- taupupunigame
- tauhunahunagame
Norwegian Bokmål gjemsel, gjømsel
- gjemselgame
- gjømselgame
Polish chowany, chowanka
- chowanygame
- chowankagame
- chowaniecgame
- zabawa w chowanegogame
Portuguese esconde-esconde, pique-esconde
- esconde-escondegame
- pique-escondegame
- escondidasgame
Punjabi ਲੁਕਣ-ਮੀਟੀ, ਲੁਕਣ ਮੀਚੀ
- ਲੁਕਣ-ਮੀਟੀ (lukṇa-mīṭī)game
- ਲੁਕਣ ਮੀਚੀ (lukaṇ mīcī)game
- ਲੁਕਣ ਛਿਪਣ (lukaṇ chipaṇ)game
- لُکَّݨ مِیٹی (lukkaṇ mīṭī)game
Romanian de-a v-ați ascunselea
- de-a v-ați ascunseleagame
Russian пря́тки, жму́рки
- пря́тки (prjátki)game
- жму́рки (žmúrki)game
Scottish Gaelic car mu chnoc, falach-fead
- car mu chnocgame
- falach-feadgame
Slovak schovávačka
- schovávačkagame
Spanish escondidas, escondite
- escondidasgame
- esconditegame
- escondecucasgame
- escondidillasgame
- gárgarogame
- orígame
- ampaygame
Swedish kurragömma
- kurragömmagame
Tagalog taguan
- taguangame
Tamil கண்ணாம்பூச்சி
- கண்ணாம்பூச்சி (kaṇṇāmpūcci)game
Thai ซ่อนหา, ซ่อนแอบ
- ซ่อนหา (sɔ̂ɔn-hǎa)game
- ซ่อนแอบgame
Turkish saklambaç
- saklambaçgame
Ukrainian хо́ванки, схо́ванки
- хо́ванки (xóvanky)game
- схо́ванки (sxóvanky)game
- жму́рки (žmúrky)game
Urdu چُھپَن چُھپائی
- چُھپَن چُھپائی (chupan chupāī)game
Vietnamese trốn tìm, ú tim
- trốn tìmgame
- ú timgame
- hú timgame
Welsh chwarae cuddio
- chwarae cuddiogame
Cite this entry
APA
hide and seek. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hide%20and%20seek
MLA
“hide and seek.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hide%20and%20seek. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hide and seek,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hide%20and%20seek.
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