huddle.
A small group of individuals in very close proximity to one another.
Meaning & usage
A small group of individuals in very close proximity to one another.
A small group of individuals in very close proximity to one another. A session in which a group of journalists assemble in an informal, dense cluster to question a person of interest.
A small group of individuals in very close proximity to one another. 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.
A dense and disorderly crowd.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English *hudelen, alteration (due to hudels, hidels (“hiding place”), see hiddle) of *huderen, hoderen (“to cover; press together; huddle”), a frequentative form of Middle English huden, hiden (“to hide”), equivalent to hide + -le and/or hide + -er. Compare Low German huderken (“to brood; coddle; nurse; lull children to sleep”).
To crowd together.
The sheep huddled together seeking warmth.
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.
To get together and discuss a topic.
To form a huddle.
To crowd (things) together; to mingle confusedly; to assemble without order or system.
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).
To hesitate during play while thinking about one's next move.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English *hudelen, alteration (due to hudels, hidels (“hiding place”), see hiddle) of *huderen, hoderen (“to cover; press together; huddle”), a frequentative form of Middle English huden, hiden (“to hide”), equivalent to hide + -le and/or hide + -er. Compare Low German huderken (“to brood; coddle; nurse; lull children to sleep”).
Huddled, confused, congested.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English *hudelen, alteration (due to hudels, hidels (“hiding place”), see hiddle) of *huderen, hoderen (“to cover; press together; huddle”), a frequentative form of Middle English huden, hiden (“to hide”), equivalent to hide + -le and/or hide + -er. Compare Low German huderken (“to brood; coddle; nurse; lull children to sleep”).
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