hiding1Pronunciation: /ˈhʌɪdɪŋ/Translate hiding | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of hiding noun informal a physical beating:they caught him and gave him a hiding a severe defeat:if they’d played badly they might have expected a hidingPhrases be on a hiding to nothing British be unlikely to succeed, or be unlikely to gain much advantage if one does: politically we are on a hiding to nothing in the long run[originally used in racing, of a horse expected to win easily but to gain no credit for doing so]Origin: early 19th century: from hide2 + -ing1hiding in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of hiding in the US English dictionary
