huddle /ˈhʌdəl/verb 7noun 5adjective 1forms 3 verb7 •To crowd together.The sheep huddled together seeking warmth. •To form a huddle. •To crowd (things) together; to mingle confusedly; to assemble without order or system.Our adversary, huddling several suppositions together,[…]makes a medley and confusion. — 1689 •To curl one's legs up to the chest and keep one's arms close to the torso; to crouch; to assume a position similar to that of an embryo in the womb.Just south of Wamphray station they overtook the runaway. The dim figure of Mitchell could be seen sitting huddled behind the stormboard. They shouted and whistled. He paid no attention. — 1950 •To get together and discuss a topic. •To do, make, or put, in haste or roughly; hence, to do imperfectly; usually with a following preposition or adverb (huddle on, huddle up, huddle together).Huddle up a peace. — 1845 •To hesitate during play while thinking about one's next move. noun5 •A small group of individuals in very close proximity to one another.It’s about as riveting as listening to a huddle of ents discuss the finer points of deciduous shedding. — 2023 •A session in which a group of journalists assemble in an informal, dense cluster to question a person of interest.The post-PMQs huddle takes place just outside the press gallery, and all the journalists swarm first around the Prime Minister's press team[…] — 2018 •A brief meeting of all the players from one team that are on the field with the purpose of planning the following play. •A hesitation during play to think about one's next move. •(no longer used) A dense and disorderly crowd. adjective1 •Huddled, confused, congested.Gowan snored, each respiration choking to a huddle fall as though he would never breathe again. — 1911 formshuddled · huddling · huddles
