Meaning of HUDDLE
Pronunciation: | | 'hudl
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- [n] (informal) a quick private conference
- [n] a disorganized and densely packed crowd; "a huddle of frightened women"
- [v] crowd or draw together
- [v] crouch or curl up
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| Synonyms: | | cower, huddle together, powwow |
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| See Also: | | bend, bow, clump, cluster, conference, constellate, crouch, crowd, flock, group discussion, huddler, huddler, stoop | |
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| Definition: | | Huddle Description not available. more details ... |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Hud"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Huddled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Huddling}.] [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.]
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.
A crowd; a number of persons or things crowded together in a
confused manner; tumult; confusion. ``A huddle of ideas.''
--Addison.
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