Definitions of huddle [ˈhʌd l]

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Definition of 'huddle'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) huddle
to gather or crowd together in a close mass:
They huddled around the stove to get warm.

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

3.  huddle
to confer or consult.

4. (v.t.) huddle
to heap or crowd together closely.

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

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

7. (n.) huddle
a closely gathered group, mass, or heap.

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

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

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

Definition of 'huddle'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) huddle, powwow
(informal) a quick private conference

2. (verb) huddle
a disorganized and densely packed crowd
"a huddle of frightened women"

3. (verb) huddle, huddle together
crowd or draw together
"let's huddle together--it's cold!"

4. (verb) huddle, cower
crouch or curl up
"They huddled outside in the rain"

Definition of 'huddle'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) huddle
(of several people) to move very close together
***They huddled together against the cold.

Definition of 'huddle'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) huddle
a crowd; a number of persons or things crowded together in a confused manner; tumult; confusion

2. (verb) huddle
to press together promiscuously, from confusion, apprehension, or the like; to crowd together confusedly; to press or hurry in disorder; to crowd

3. (verb) huddle
to crowd (things) together to mingle confusedly; to assemble without order or system

4. (verb) huddle
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

Translation of 'huddle'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (often withtogether) to crowd closely together The cows (were) huddled together in the corner of the field.
Afrikaans: bondel	Arabic: يَتَراكَم، يَتَزاحَم	Bulgarian: натрупвам (се)
Brazilian: amontoar-se	Czech: shluknout se	German: sich zusammendrängen
Danish: klumpe sig sammen	Greek: στριμώχνω, στριμώχνομαι	Spanish: apiñarse, amontonarse, ag
Estonian: kobarasse kogunema	Farsi: ازدحام كردن	Finnish: painautua yhteen
French: se serrer (les uns contre	Hebrew: לְהִצטוֹפֵף	Hindi: छल्लेदार
Croatian: nagurati (se), nagomilati	Hungarian: összezsúfol	Indonesian: berdesakan
Icelandic: hjúfra sig saman	Italian: stringersi (insieme)	Japanese: 群れ集まる
Korean: 우글우글 모이다	Lithuanian: susispiesti (į krūvą)	Latvian: pulcēties; drūzmēties
Malay: berhimpit-himpit	Dutch: samendringen, samenschole	Norwegian: klumpe/klynge seg sammen
Polish: tłoczyć się, zbijać się (	Persian: ازدحام كردن	Pashto: بیروبار جوړول
Portuguese: amontoar-se	Romanian: a (se) strânge (unii într	Russian: сгонять в одно место
Slovak: nakopiť sa	Slovenian: stisniti se	Serbian: zbiti se
Swedish: stå (sitta, ligga) tätt i	Thai: เบียดกันแนบแน่น	Turkish: sokulmak
Taiwanese: 擠成一團	Ukrainian: товпитися; тиснутися	Urdu: پاس پاس سمٹ آنا
Vietnamese: túm tụm	Chinese: 挤成一团
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