Definition

Noun: A children's game where one player, designated as the seeker, closes their eyes and counts while the other players hide. After counting, the seeker opens their eyes and attempts to find the hidden players.

Usage

This term refers specifically to the name of the game. It is used as a singular noun phrase. - The children decided to play a game of hide and go seek in the backyard. - Hide and go seek was her favorite childhood game.

Advanced Usage

• The phrase can be used metaphorically to describe situations involving searching for something or someone that is concealed.
  • Trying to get a straight answer from him was like playing hide and go seek.

Variants and Related Words

• Hide-and-seek: A common shortened and hyphenated variant of the term with identical meaning.
  • They played hide-and-seek until it got dark.

Synonyms

• Hide-and-seek (n): The standard synonym.
• Peekaboo (n): A different, simpler game for very young children involving covering and revealing the face, not a direct synonym but a related concept of hiding and revealing.

Noun

1. a game in which a child covers his eyes while the other players hide then tries to find them