- hiding
- hid|ing [ˈhaıdıŋ] n1.) [U]when someone stays somewhere in secret, especially because they have done something illegal or are in dangerbe in/go into/come out of hiding▪ He went into hiding in 1973.2.) [singular] spoken informala) a severe physical punishment= ↑beating▪ You'll get a good hiding when you come home!▪ You're not too big for a hiding, you know.b) an occasion when you defeat someone in a sports game3.) be on a hiding to nothingBrE informal to be completely wasting your time trying to do something
Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.