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hud·dle
(hŭd′l)n.
1. A densely packed group or crowd, as of people or animals.
2. Football A brief gathering of a team's players behind the line of scrimmage to receive instructions for the next play.
3. A small private conference or meeting.
v. hud·dled, hud·dling, hud·dles
v.intr.
1. To crowd together, as from cold or fear.
2. To draw or curl one's limbs close to one's body: huddled under the blanket while watching television.
3. Football To gather in a huddle.
4. Informal To gather together for conference or consultation: During the crisis, the president's national security advisers huddled.
v.tr.
1. To cause to crowd together.
2. To draw (oneself) together in a crouch.
3. Chiefly British To arrange, do, or make hastily or carelessly.
[From huddle, to crowd together, possibly from Low German hudeln; see (s)keu- in Indo-European roots.]
hud′dler n.
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huddle
(ˈhʌdəl)n
1. a heaped or crowded mass of people or things
2. informal a private or impromptu conference (esp in the phrase go into a huddle)
vb
3. to crowd or cause to crowd or nestle closely together
4. (often foll by up) to draw or hunch (oneself), as through cold
5. (intr) informal to meet and confer privately
6. (tr) chiefly Brit to do (something) in a careless way
7. (tr) rare to put on (clothes) hurriedly
[C16: of uncertain origin; compare Middle English hoderen to wrap up]
ˈhuddler n
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hud•dle
(ˈhʌd l)v. -dled, -dling,
n. v.i.
1. to gather or crowd together in a close mass: They huddled around the stove to get warm.
2. to crouch, curl up, or draw oneself together.
3. to confer or consult.
v.t. 4. to heap or crowd together closely.
5. to draw (oneself) closely together, as in crouching; nestle (often fol. by up).
6. to put on (clothes) with careless haste (often fol. by on).
n. 7. a closely gathered group, mass, or heap.
8. a close gathering of football players behind the scrimmage line to hear instructions for the next play.
9. a conference, esp. a private one about a serious matter.
hud′dler, n.
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Huddle
a number of persons or things crowded together; a confused mass—Johnson, 1755. See also conglomeration, jumble.Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
huddle
Past participle: huddled
Gerund: huddling
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| Noun | 1. |  huddle - (informal) a quick private conferencecolloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech group discussion, conference - a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic huddler - a member of a huddle |
| 2. | huddle - a disorganized and densely packed crowd; "a huddle of frightened women" crowd - a large number of things or people considered together; "a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers" huddler - a member of a huddle | |
| Verb | 1. | huddle - crowd or draw together; "let's huddle together--it's cold!" cluster, constellate, flock, clump - come together as in a cluster or flock; "The poets constellate in this town every summer" |
| 2. | huddle - crouch or curl up; "They huddled outside in the rain" |
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huddle
verb
noun
2. (Informal) discussion, conference, meeting, hui (N.Z.), powwow, confab (informal) He went into a huddle with his lawyers to consider an appeal.
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huddle
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Translations
عَدَد من أشخاص، مُؤْتَمَر، إجْتِماعيَتَجَمَّع على بَعْضِهِيَتَراكَم، يَتَزاحَم
chumelnahloučit seschoulit se
bunkeklumpe sig sammenkrybe sammen
összezsúfol
hjúfra sig samanhnipra sig samanòyrping, òvaga
susispiesti
barsdrūzmētiespulcētiespūlissaritināties
schúliť satrma-vrma
huddle
[ˈhʌdl]A. N [of people] → tropel m; [of things] → montón m
to go into a huddle → hacer un corrillo para discutir algo en secreto
to go into a huddle → hacer un corrillo para discutir algo en secreto
B. VI → acurrucarse
we huddled round the fire → nos arrimamos al fuego
the chairs were huddled in a corner → las sillas estaban amontonadas en un rincón
we huddled round the fire → nos arrimamos al fuego
the chairs were huddled in a corner → las sillas estaban amontonadas en un rincón
huddle down VI + ADV (= snuggle) → acurrucarse; (= crouch) → agacharse
huddle together VI + ADV → apiñarse
they were huddling together for warmth → estaban apiñados or acurrucados para darse calor
they were huddling together for warmth → estaban apiñados or acurrucados para darse calor
huddle up VI + ADV → apretarse (against contra)
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
huddle
[ˈhʌdəl] vi [cold person] → se blottir
to huddle around a fire → se blottir autour d'un feu
to huddle together → se blottir les uns contre les autres
to huddle around a fire → se blottir autour d'un feu
to huddle together → se blottir les uns contre les autres
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
huddle
n → (wirrer) Haufen m; (of people) → Gruppe f; in a huddle → dicht zusammengedrängt; to go into a huddle (inf) → die Köpfe zusammenstecken
vi (also to be huddled) → (sich) kauern; they huddled under the umbrella → sie drängten sich unter dem Schirm zusammen; we huddled around the fire → wir saßen eng zusammengedrängt um das Feuer herum; small sheds, huddled under the trees → kleine Hütten, die sich unter die Bäume kauerten; the president was huddled with his aides → der Präsident und seine Berater steckten die Köpfe zusammen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
huddle
[ˈhʌdl]2. vi → raggomitolarsi, rannicchiarsi
huddle down vi + adv → accucciarsi, rannicchiarsi
huddle together vi + adv → stringersi l'uno/a vicino all'altro/a
huddle up vi + adv → rannicchiarsi, raggomitolarsi
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
huddle
(ˈhadl) verb1. (often with together) to crowd closely together. The cows (were) huddled together in the corner of the field.
2. to curl up in a sitting position. The old man (was) huddled near the fire to keep warm.
noun a number of people, things etc crowded together. a huddle of people round the injured man.
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