'Huddle' definitions:
Definition of 'huddle'
(from WordNet)
noun
(informal) a quick private conference [syn: huddle, powwow]
noun
A disorganized and densely packed crowd; "a huddle of frightened women"
verb
Crowd or draw together; "let's huddle together--it's cold!" [syn: huddle, huddle together]
verb
Crouch or curl up; "They huddled outside in the rain" [syn: huddle, cower]
Definition of 'Huddle'
From: GCIDE
- Huddle \Hud"dle\, v. t.
- 1. To crowd (things) together to mingle confusedly; to assemble without order or system. [1913 Webster]
- Our adversary, huddling several suppositions together, . . . makes a medley and confusion. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Let him forescat his work with timely care, Which else is huddled when the skies are fair. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Now, in all haste, they huddle on Their hoods, their cloaks, and get them gone. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Huddle'
From: GCIDE
- Huddle \Hud"dle\, n. A crowd; a number of persons or things crowded together in a confused manner; tumult; confusion. "A huddle of ideas." --Addison. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Huddle'
From: GCIDE
- Huddle \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. [1913 Webster]
- The cattle huddled on the lea. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- Huddling together on the public square . . . like a herd of panic-struck deer. --Prescott. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'huddle'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- around,
- assemble,
- ataxia,
- audience,
- bargaining,
- bargaining session,
- bunch,
- bunch up,
- chaos,
- clasp,
- cling to,
- clot,
- clump,
- cluster,
- clutter,
- collect,
- come together,
- conclave,
- confab,
- confabulation,
- confer,
- conference,
- confrontation,
- congregate,
- congress,
- consult,
- consultation,
- convention,
- converge,
- copulate,
- council,
- council fire,
- council of war,
- couple,
- crowd,
- date,
- disarray,
- discuss,
- discussion,
- disorder,
- exchange of views,
- eyeball-to-eyeball encounter,
- flock together,
- flow together,
- follow close upon,
- forgather,
- fuse,
- gang around,
- gang up,
- gather,
- gather around,
- go with,
- group,
- hang about,
- herd,
- herd together,
- high-level talk,
- hive,
- horde,
- hover over,
- hug,
- hug the shore,
- hunch,
- interchange of views,
- interview,
- keep close to,
- league,
- lie by,
- link,
- march with,
- mass,
- meet,
- meeting,
- merge,
- mill,
- muddle,
- muster,
- negotiations,
- nestle,
- news conference,
- pack,
- palaver,
- parley,
- pourparler,
- powwow,
- press conference,
- rally,
- rally around,
- rendezvous,
- seance,
- seethe,
- session,
- sitting,
- snarl,
- stand by,
- stay inshore,
- stay near,
- stream,
- summit,
- summit conference,
- summitry,
- surge,
- swarm,
- tailgate,
- throng,
- topsy-turviness,
- treat,
- unite