Definition of huddles Huddles
/hʌˈdʌlz/ - [hudulz] -
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What does huddles mean?
Wiktionary 
- huddles (Noun)
Plural of huddle.
Part of speech
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NounPlural: huddles |
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| huddle - (informal) a quick private conference | ||
| powwow | ||
| group discussion, conference a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic | ||
| colloquialism a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech | ||
| huddle - a disorganized and densely packed crowd; "a huddle of frightened women" | ||
| crowd a large number of things or people considered together; "a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers" | ||
Verb |
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| huddle - crowd or draw together; "let's huddle together--it's cold!" | ||
| huddle together | ||
| cluster, flock, constellate, clump come together as in a cluster or flock; "The poets constellate in this town every summer" | ||
| huddle - crouch or curl up; "They huddled outside in the rain" | ||
| cower | ||
| crouch, bow, stoop, bend bend one's back forward from the waist on down; "he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse" | ||
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Wiktionary
- huddle (Noun)
A dense and disorderly crowd. - huddle (Noun)
A brief meeting of all the players from one team that are on the field with the purpose of planning the following play. - huddle (Verb)
To crowd together as when distressed or in fear. - huddle (Verb)
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. - huddle (Verb)
To get together and discuss. - huddle (Verb)
To form a huddle.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- huddle (v. i.)
To press together promiscuously, from confusion, apprehension, or the like; to crowd together confusedly; to press or hurry in disorder; to crowd. - huddle (v. t.)
To crowd (things) together to mingle confusedly; to assemble without order or system. - huddle (v. t.)
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 (n.)
A crowd; a number of persons or things crowded together in a confused manner; tumult; confusion.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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huddle
hud′l, v.i. to put up things confusedly: to hurry in disorder: to crowd.—v.t. to throw or crowd together in confusion: to put on hastily.—n. a crowd: tumult: confusion. [M. E. hodren; prob. a freq. of M. E. huden, to hide.]
