'Huddle' definitions:

Definition of 'huddle'

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]

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]

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]

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]