huddle

hud·dle

 (hŭd′l)

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: huddled under the blanket while watching television.

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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hud′dler n.

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huddle

(ˈhʌdəl)

n

1. a heaped or crowded mass of people or things

2. informal a private or impromptu conference (esp in the phrase go into a huddle)

vb

3. to crowd or cause to crowd or nestle closely together

4. (often foll by up) to draw or hunch (oneself), as through cold

5. (intr) informal to meet and confer privately

6. (tr) chiefly Brit to do (something) in a careless way

7. (tr) rare to put on (clothes) hurriedly

[C16: of uncertain origin; compare Middle English hoderen to wrap up]

ˈhuddler n

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hud•dle

(ˈhʌd l)

v. -dled, -dling,
n. v.i.

1. to gather or crowd together in a close mass: They huddled around the stove to get warm.

2. to crouch, curl up, or draw oneself together.

3. to confer or consult.

v.t.

4. to heap or crowd together closely.

5. to draw (oneself) closely together, as in crouching; nestle (often fol. by up).

6. to put on (clothes) with careless haste (often fol. by on).

n.

7. a closely gathered group, mass, or heap.

8. a close gathering of football players behind the scrimmage line to hear instructions for the next play.

9. a conference, esp. a private one about a serious matter.

[1570–80; hud- (weak grade of root found in hide¹) + -le]

hud′dler, n.

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Huddle

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

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huddle

Past participle: huddled
Gerund: huddling

Imperative

huddle

huddle

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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 She sat huddled on the side of the bed, weeping.

2. crowd, press, gather, collect, squeeze, cluster, flock, herd, throng strangers huddling together for warmth

noun

1. crowd, mass, bunch, cluster, heap, muddle, jumble a huddle of bodies, gasping for air

2. (Informal) discussion, conference, meeting, hui (N.Z.), powwow, confab (informal) He went into a huddle with his lawyers to consider an appeal.

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huddle

verb

To stoop low with the limbs pulled in close to the body:

crouch, hunch, hunker (down), squat.

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Translations

عَدَد من أشخاص، مُؤْتَمَر، إجْتِماعيَتَجَمَّع على بَعْضِهِيَتَراكَم، يَتَزاحَم

chumelnahloučit seschoulit se

bunkeklumpe sig sammenkrybe sammen

Gewirrhudelnsich kauernsich zusammendrängen

blottirramassisserrer

összezsúfol

hjúfra sig samanhnipra sig samanòyrping, òvaga

abboccamento segretostringersi insieme

susispiesti

barsdrūzmētiespulcētiespūlissaritināties

klynge seg sammenstimmel

ютиться

schúliť satrma-vrma

büzülüp oturmakçömelmekkalabalıksokulmakyığın

一堆人或物卷缩挤成一团

huddle

[ˈhʌdl]

A. N [of people] → tropel m; [of things] → montón m
to go into a huddle → hacer un corrillo para discutir algo en secreto

B. VI → acurrucarse
we huddled round the fire → nos arrimamos al fuego
the chairs were huddled in a corner → las sillas estaban amontonadas en un rincón

huddle down VI + ADV (= snuggle) → acurrucarse; (= crouch) → agacharse

huddle together VI + ADV → apiñarse
they were huddling together for warmth → estaban apiñados or acurrucados para darse calor

huddle up VI + ADV → apretarse (against contra)

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huddle

[ˈhʌd^əl]

vi [cold person] → se blottir
to huddle around a fire → se blottir autour d'un feu
to huddle together → se blottir les uns contre les autres

n (= disorganized group) → petit groupe m

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huddle

n → (wirrer) Haufen m; (of people) → Gruppe f; in a huddle → dicht zusammengedrängt; to go into a huddle (inf) → die Köpfe zusammenstecken

vi (also to be huddled) → (sich) kauern; they huddled under the umbrella → sie drängten sich unter dem Schirm zusammen; we huddled around the fire → wir saßen eng zusammengedrängt um das Feuer herum; small sheds, huddled under the trees → kleine Hütten, die sich unter die Bäume kauerten; the president was huddled with his aides → der Präsident und seine Berater steckten die Köpfe zusammen

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huddle

[ˈhʌdl]

1. n → gruppetto, capannello
to go into a huddle (fam) → fare capannello

2. vi → raggomitolarsi, rannicchiarsi

huddle down vi + adv → accucciarsi, rannicchiarsi

huddle together vi + adv → stringersi l'uno/a vicino all'altro/a

huddle up vi + adv → rannicchiarsi, raggomitolarsi

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huddle

(ˈhadl) verb

1. (often with together) to crowd closely together. The cows (were) huddled together in the corner of the field. bondel يَتَراكَم، يَتَزاحَم натрупвам (се) amontoar-se shluknout se sich zusammendrängen klumpe sig sammen στριμώχνω, στριμώχνομαιapiñarse, amontonarse, agruparse kobarasse kogunema ازدحام كردن painautua yhteen se serrer לְהִצטוֹפֵף छल्लेदार nagurati (se), nagomilati se összezsúfol berdesakan hjúfra sig saman stringersi 群れ集まる 우글우글 모이다 susispiesti (į krūvą) pulcēties; drūzmēties berhimpit-himpit samendringen, samenscholen klumpe/klynge seg sammen tłoczyć się, zbijać się بیروبار جوړول amontoar-se a (se) strânge (unii într-alţii) сгонять в одно место nakopiť sa stisniti se zbiti se stå (sitta, ligga) tätt ihop เบียดกันแนบแน่น sokulmak 擠成一團 товпитися; тиснутися پاس پاس سمٹ آنا túm tụm 挤成一团

2. to curl up in a sitting position. The old man (was) huddled near the fire to keep warm. inmekaargekrimp يَتَجَمَّع على بَعْضِهِ свивам (се) aconchegar-se schoulit se sich kauern krybe sammen κουλουριάζομαιacurrucarse kössitama بهم پيچيدن käpertyä se blottir לְהִצטַנֵף ढेर लगाना skupiti (zgrciti) se összekuporodik duduk bergelung hnipra sig saman rannicchiarsi ちぢこまる 몸을 움츠리다 susiriesti saritināties mengerekot zich klein makenkrype sammen (s)kulić się یوبل سره تاوول aconchegar-se a se cuibări съёживаться schúliť sa zgrbiti se skupiti se krypa ihop, kura ihop sig ซุก çömelmek, büzülüp oturmak 蜷縮 зіщулитися کنڈلی مار کر بیٹھنا nằm cuộn tròn 卷缩

noun

a number of people, things etc crowded together. a huddle of people round the injured man. klompie عَدَد من أشخاص، مُؤْتَمَر، إجْتِماع тълпа pilha chumel das Gewirr bunke συγκεντρωμένο πλήθος tropel, montón, grupo korratu hunnik توده rykelmä samassis קְבוּצָה מִצטוֹפֶפֶת भीड़ लगाना gomila tömeg sekelompok þyrping, þvaga calca 群れ 빽빽이 모인 무리 būrys, pulkas, krūva bars; pūlis sekelompok menigte, meute, samenscholingklynge, stimmel gromadka ازدحام pilha mulţime толпа; куча zhluk gruča gomila hop, klunga, anhopning คนหรือสิ่งที่รวมอยู่ด้วยกัน yığın, kalabalık 一堆人或物 гармидер لوگوں کا جتھا đám đông; đống (mớ) lộn xộn 一堆人或物

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