huddle

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) To crowd together.
2. (intransitive) 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.
3. To get together and discuss a topic.
4. (intransitive) To form a huddle.
5. (transitive) To crowd (things) together; to mingle confusedly; to assemble without order or system.
6. (transitive) 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).
7. (intransitive) To hesitate during play while thinking about one's next move.

Noun

1. (obsolete) A dense and disorderly crowd.
2. A small group of individuals in very close proximity to one another.
3. A small group of individuals in very close proximity to one another.
4. A small group of individuals in very close proximity to one another.
5. A hesitation during play to think about one's next move.

Adj

Huddled, confused, congested.

Synonyms

crowd

bend

cower

curl up

huddle together

throng

curve

bunch

contort

twist

shrink

curl

snuggle

swarm

gather

confusion

jam

cuddle

troop

mob

nestle

nuzzle

powwow

contract

press together

flock

group

retract

roll up

ruck

scrimmage

scrummage

shoal

shorten

squirm

stoop

straggle

submit

swad

turmoil

withdraw

writhe

bow the head

croud

gather together

Host

large number of

take shelter

a lot of

fool to hug

Translations

acurrucarse

se blottir

montón

karışıklık

troep

warboel

hokken

συνωστίζομαι

cohabitare

hoetelen

hudeln

kauern

tas

samenleven

Mob

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhʌdəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: *hudelen

Cognate with Low German: huderken

In summary

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”).