huddle

hud·dle  (hdl)

n.

1. A densely packed group or crowd, as of people or animals.

2. Football A brief gathering of a team's players behind the line of scrimmage to receive instructions for the next play.

3. A small private conference or meeting.

v. hud·dled, hud·dling, hud·dles

v.intr.

1. To crowd together, as from cold or fear.

2. To draw or curl one's limbs close to one's body; crouch.

3. Football To gather in a huddle.

4. Informal To gather together for conference or consultation: During the crisis the President's national security advisers huddled.

v.tr.

1. To cause to crowd together.

2. To draw (oneself) together in a crouch.

3. Chiefly British To arrange, do, or make hastily or carelessly.

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[From huddle, to crowd together, possibly from Low German hudeln; see (s)keu- in Indo-European roots.]

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huddler n.

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huddle

Noun

1. a small group of people or things standing or lying close together

2. go into a huddle Informal to have a private conference

Verb

[-dling, -dled]

1. (of a group of people) to crowd or nestle closely together

2. to curl up one's arms and legs close to one's body through cold or fear [origin unknown]

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Huddle a number of persons or things crowded together; a confused mass—Johnson, 1755. See also conglomeration, jumble.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	huddle - (informal) a quick private conference powwow colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech group discussion, conference - a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic huddler - a member of a huddle
	2.	huddle - a disorganized and densely packed crowd; "a huddle of frightened women" crowd - a large number of things or people considered together; "a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers" huddler - a member of a huddle
Verb	1.	huddle - crowd or draw together; "let's huddle together--it's cold!" huddle together cluster, constellate, flock, clump - come together as in a cluster or flock; "The poets constellate in this town every summer"
	2.	huddle - crouch or curl up; "They huddled outside in the rain" cower crouch, stoop, bend, bow - bend one's back forward from the waist on down; "he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"

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huddle

verb 1. curl up, crouch, hunch up, nestle, snuggle, make yourself small

verb 2. crowd, press, gather, collect, squeeze, cluster, flock, herd, throng

noun 3. crowd, mass, bunch, cluster, heap, muddle, jumble

noun 4. (Informal) discussion, conference, meeting, hui N.Z. powwow, confab (informal) korero N.Z.

Translations

huddle [ˈhʌdl] vi to huddle together → amontonarse

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huddle [ˈhʌdl] vi to huddle together → se blottir les uns contre les autres

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huddle [ˈhʌdl] vi to huddle together → sich zusammendrängen n in a huddle → dicht zusammengedrängt

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huddle [ˈhʌdl] vi to huddle together → rannicchiarsi l'uno contro l'altro