huddle
[verb]
Synonyms:
- crowd, cluster, converge, flock, gather, press, throng
- curl up, crouch, hunch up
[noun]
Synonyms:
- conference, confab (informal), discussion, meeting, powwow

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. hud‧dle¹ /ˈhʌdl/ verb
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: Perhaps from Low German hudeln 'to crowd together']

1. [intransitive and transitive] (also huddle together/up) if a group of people huddle together, they stay very close to each other, especially because they are cold or frightened:
We lay huddled together for warmth.
huddle around
People huddled around the radio, waiting for news.

2. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to lie or sit with your arms and legs close to your body because you are cold or frightened:
She huddled under the blankets.
The snow blew against his huddled body.

3. [intransitive] American English to sit or stand with a small group of people in order to discuss something privately:
The executive board huddled to discuss the issue.

4. [intransitive] if American football players huddle, they gather around one player who tells them the plan for the next part of the game

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. huddle² noun [countable]

1. a group of people or things that are close together, but not arranged in any particular order, pattern, or system
huddle of
a huddle of straw huts
Huddles of men stood around talking.

2. a group of players in American football who gather around one player who tells them the plan for the next part of the game

3. get/go into a huddle to form a small group away from other people in order to discuss something

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

huddle
noun
ADJ. little, small, tight
VERB + HUDDLE get into, go into The team went into a huddle at half-time to discuss their tactics.
PREP. in a ~ They stood in a tight huddle, whispering.
~ of A little huddle of men stood in one corner.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

huddle
ˈhʌdl
See: go into a huddle

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