hiding
noun
[ ˈhʌɪdɪŋ ]
• a physical beating.
• "they caught him and gave him a hiding"
Similar:
beating,
battering,
thrashing,
thumping,
pounding,
pummelling,
drubbing,
slapping,
smacking,
spanking,
hammering,
cuffing,
thwacking,
mauling,
pelting,
flogging,
flaying,
whipping,
caning,
lashing,
cudgelling,
clubbing,
birching,
licking,
belting,
bashing,
pasting,
lathering,
larruping,
walloping,
whacking,
clobbering,
tanning,
biffing,
bopping,
horsewhipping,
whaling,
Origin:
early 19th century: from hide2 + -ing1.
hiding
noun
• the action of concealing someone or something.
Origin:
Middle English: from hide1 + -ing1.
hide
verb
• put or keep out of sight.
• "he hid the money in the house"
Similar:
conceal,
secrete,
put in a hiding place,
put out of sight,
camouflage,
lock up,
bury,
store away,
stow away,
cache,
stash,
Origin:
Old English hȳdan, of West Germanic origin.