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• huddle — v 1. gather, cluster, bunch up, crowd, throng, herd, pack, cram or jam together, squeeze up or in or together; surge, swarm, stream; converge, flock together, concentrate, mass; throw or toss together, heap, amass. 2.Often huddle up curl up,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• huddle — [n] assemblage, crowd, often disorganized bunch, chaos, cluster, clutter, confab*, conference, confusion, disarray, discussion, disorder, gathering, group, heap, jumble, mass, meeting, mess*, muddle; concepts 230,260 huddle [v] meet, discuss… …   New thesaurus

• huddle — ► VERB 1) crowd together. 2) curl one s body into a small space. ► NOUN ▪ a number of people or things crowded together. ORIGIN originally in the sense «conceal»: perhaps Low German …   English terms dictionary

• huddle — I. verb (huddled; huddling) Etymology: probably from or akin to Middle English hoderen to huddle Date: 1579 transitive verb 1. British to arrange carelessly or hurriedly 2. a. to crowd together b. to draw (oneself) togethe …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• huddle — huddler, n. huddlingly, adv. /hud l/, v., huddled, huddling, n. v.i. 1. to gather or crowd together in a close mass. 2. to crouch, curl up, or draw oneself together. 3. Football. to get together in a huddle. 4. to confer or consult; meet to… …   Universalium

• huddle — 1. verb 1) they huddled together Syn: crowd, cluster, gather, bunch, throng, flock, herd, collect, group, congregate, mass; press, pack, squeeze Ant: disperse …   Thesaurus of popular words

• huddle — 1. verb 1) they huddled together Syn: crowd, cluster, gather, bunch, throng, flock, collect, group, congregate 2) he huddled beneath the sheets Syn: curl up, snuggle …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• huddle — 1. noun a) a dense and disorderly crowd b) a brief meeting of all the players from one team that are on the field with the purpose of planning the following play. 2. verb a) to crowd togethe …   Wiktionary

• huddle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. crowd, group, gather, bunch, collect. See assemblage, conversation, disorder. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. group, assemblage, cluster; see bunch 1 , crowd 1 , gathering . v. Syn. crouch, press close,… …   English dictionary for students

• huddle — verb 1》 crowd together.     ↘curl one s body into a small space. 2》 N. Amer. discuss privately; confer. noun a number of people or things crowded together. ↘a brief gathering of players during a game to receive instructions, especially in… …   English new terms dictionary

• huddle — hud•dle [[t]ˈhʌd l[/t]] v. dled, dling, n. 1) to gather or crowd together in a close mass: They huddled around the stove to get warm[/ex] 2) to crouch, curl up, or draw oneself together 3) to confer or consult 4) to heap or crowd together closely …   From formal English to slang