See Also: hiding(1)(dictionary)
hiding(2)(dictionary)
hiding(dictionary)
hiding place(dictionary)

hiding(2) (iou)



hiding noun2. colloq. E19.
[from HIDE verb2 + -ING1.]
The action of HIDE verb2; a flogging, a thrashing, a beating; a punishment.
on a hiding to nothing in a position from which there can be no successful outcome.
P. Ferguson If it had been me..doing that, I'd have got a hiding for it.