huddle
definition from
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▸ verb
1 [no object, with adverbial] crowd together; nestle closely:
they huddled together for warmth.
curl one's body into a small space:
she huddled up close to him.
2 [with object and adverbial] British heap together in a disorderly manner:
a man with his clothes all huddled on anyhow.
3 [no object] North American have a private discussion; confer:
the colonel huddled with A.J. at the dining-room table.
▸ noun a close grouping of people or things:
a huddle of huts.
a number of people gathered together to speak about private or secret matters:
they stood together in a huddle, whispering to each other.
a brief gathering of players during a game to receive instructions, especially in American Football:
he controls the huddle and the team better than anybody else.
[mass noun] archaic confusion; bustle:
the service was performed with more harmony and less huddle than I have known it.
– ORIGIN late 16th century (in the sense ‘conceal’): perhaps of Low German origin.
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