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Meaning of 'huddle' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Huddle [ n.]
- A crowd; a number of persons or things crowded together in a confused manner; tumult; confusion.
2 . 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.
3 . Huddle [ v. t.]
- To crowd (things) together to mingle confusedly; to assemble without order or system.
- 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.

Meaning of 'huddle' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . huddle [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a disorganized and densely packed crowd
Example in sentence:
  • a huddle of frightened women
2 . huddle [ v]
Meaning (2):
- crowd or draw together
Example in sentence:
  • let's huddle together--it's cold!
Meaning (3):
- crouch or curl up
Example in sentence:
  • They huddled outside in the rain

Nearby Words:

hud huddled huddler huddling hudge hudibrastic hudsonian

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