hide-and-seek (h?d?n-s?k?) or hide-and-go-seek (-g?-)n. A children’s game in which one player tries to find and catch others who are hiding.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.hide-and-seek or hide-and-go-seekn (Games, other than specified) a game in which one player covers his or her eyes and waits while the others hide, and then tries to find themCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014hide?-and-seek? n. a children’s game in which one player gives the other players a chance to hide and then tries to find them. Also called hide?-and-go`-seek?.[1665?75]Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.