hiding1 Syllabification: (hid·ing)Pronunciation: /ˈhīdiNG/Translate hiding | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of hiding noun informal a physical beating:they took off after him, caught him, and gave him a hiding a severe defeat:if they’d played badly, they would have expected a hidingOrigin: early 19th century: from hide2 + -ing1hiding in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of hiding in the British & World English dictionary
