HUDDLE

huddle, powwow

(noun) (informal) a quick private conference

huddle

(noun) a disorganized and densely packed crowd; “a huddle of frightened women”

huddle, huddle together

(verb) crowd or draw together; “let’s huddle together--it’s cold!”

huddle, cower

(verb) crouch or curl up; “They huddled outside in the rain”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

huddle (plural huddles)

A dense and disorderly crowd.

(American football) A brief meeting of all the players from one team that are on the field with the purpose of planning the following play.

(bridge) A hesitation during play to think about one's next move.

Verb

huddle (third-person singular simple present huddles, present participle huddling, simple past and past participle huddled)

(intransitive) To crowd together.

(intransitive) To curl one's legs up to the chest and keep one's arms close to the torso; to crouch; to assume a position similar to that of an embryo in the womb.

To get together and discuss a topic.

(intransitive, American football) To form a huddle.

(transitive) To crowd (things) together; to mingle confusedly; to assemble without order or system.

(transitive) To do, make, or put, in haste or roughly; hence, to do imperfectly; usually with a following preposition or adverb (huddle on, huddle up, huddle together).

(bridge, intransitive) To hesitate during play while thinking about one's next move.

Adjective

huddle (comparative more huddle, superlative most huddle)

Muted, as if emitted by a huddled embryo

Etymology

Proper noun

Huddle

A patronymic surname.

Source: Wiktionary

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Hud"dle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Huddled; p. pr. & vb. n. Huddling.] Etym: [Cf. OE. hoderen, hodren, to cover, keep, warm; perh. akin to OE. huden, hiden, to hide, E. hide, and orig. meaning, to get together for protection in a safe place. Cf. Hide to conceal.]

Definition: To press together promiscuously, from confusion, apprehension, or the like; to crowd together confusedly; to press or hurry in disorder; to crowd. The cattle huddled on the lea. Tennyson. Huddling together on the public square . . . like a herd of panic- struck deer. Prescott.

Hud"dle, v. t.

1. To crowd (things) together to mingle confusedly; to assemble without order or system. Our adversary, huddling several suppositions together, . . . makes a medley and confusion. Locke.

2. To do, make, or put, in haste or roughly; hence, to do imperfectly; -- usually with a following preposition or adverb; as, to huddle on; to huddle up; to huddle together. "Huddle up a peace." J. H. Newman. Let him forescat his work with timely care, Which else is huddled when the skies are fair. Dryden. Now, in all haste, they huddle on Their hoods, their cloaks, and get them gone. Swift.

Hud"dle, n.

Definition: A crowd; a number of persons or things crowded together in a confused manner; tumult; confusion. "A huddle of ideas." Addison.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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