Definitions for: Huddle


[n] (informal) a quick private conference
[n] a disorganized and densely packed crowd; "a huddle of frightened women"
[v] crowd or draw together
[v] crouch or curl up



Webster (1913) Definition: Hud"dle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Huddled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Huddling.] [Cf. OE. hoderen, hodren, to cover, keep, warm;
perh. akin to OE. huden, hiden, to hide, E. hide, and orig.
meaning, to get together for protection in a safe place. Cf.
Hide to conceal.]
To press together promiscuously, from confusion,
apprehension, or the like; to crowd together confusedly; to
press or hurry in disorder; to crowd.

The cattle huddled on the lea. --Tennyson.

Huddling together on the public square . . . like a
herd of panic-struck deer. --Prescott.


Hud"dle, v. t.
1. To crowd (things) together to mingle confusedly; to
assemble without order or system.

Our adversary, huddling several suppositions
together, . . . makes a medley and confusion.
--Locke.

2. To do, make, or put, in haste or roughly; hence, to do
imperfectly; -- usually with a following preposition or
adverb; as, to huddle on; to huddle up; to huddle
together. ``Huddle up a peace.'' --J. H. Newman.

Let him forescat his work with timely care, Which
else is huddled when the skies are fair. --Dryden.

Now, in all haste, they huddle on Their hoods, their
cloaks, and get them gone. --Swift.


Hud"dle, n.
A crowd; a number of persons or things crowded together in a
confused manner; tumult; confusion. ``A huddle of ideas.''
--Addison.

Synonyms: cower, huddle together, powwow

See Also: bend, bow, clump, cluster, conference, constellate, crouch, crowd, flock, group discussion, huddler, huddler, stoop

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