hidings
Acts of concealing
Hidings is the plural of hiding, which has two distinct meanings.
A hiding is a severe beating or thrashing: The team took a real hiding in the second half.
Hiding also refers to the state of being concealed: After the robbery, they went into hiding.
The phrase on a hiding to nothing (British) describes a situation where success is impossible—you can only lose or break even.
Decisive, lopsided defeat
- whippingRepeated striking blows
- beatingRepeated striking or pulsing
- lashingBeating or binding
- floggingBeating as punishment
spanking · walloping · drubbing · pummeling · caning · strapping · birching · tanning
Concealing for safekeeping
- secretingEmitting from glands
- concealingKeeping something secret
- harboringConcealing or protecting someone
- shelteringProtecting from elements
tucking away · squirreling · caching · burying · veiling · covering · camouflaging · obscuring
thrashing
Decisive, lopsided defeat
flogging · spanking · walloping · drubbing · pummeling · caning · strapping · birching · tanning · belting
stashing
Concealing for safekeeping
- secretingEmitting from glands
- concealingKeeping something secret
- harboringConcealing or protecting someone
sheltering · tucking away · squirreling · caching · burying · veiling · covering · camouflaging · obscuring · masking
- thrashingsbeatings, drubbings, thrashings, whippings, floggings
hidingsexposures
Instances of being revealed
revelations · unveilings · showings · uncoverings · displays
hidingsrevelations
Surprising facts made known
disclosures · exposures · announcements · declarations · publications
hidingsfanfares
Ceremonial brass announcements
exhibitions · expositions · displays · pageants · extravaganzas
- hiding placeConcealed refuge location
- in hidingConcealed from searchers
- hiding outRemaining secretly concealed
- hiding behindConcealed by obstruction
- hiding spot
- hiding awayWithdrawing from visibility