Meaning

5 senses
  1. A small group of individuals in very close proximity to one another.

  2. A small group of individuals in very close proximity to one another.

    A session in which a group of journalists assemble in an informal, dense cluster to question a person of interest.

  3. A brief meeting of all the players from one team that are on the field with the purpose of planning the following play.

  4. A hesitation during play to think about one's next move.

  5. (obsolete)A dense and disorderly crowd.

    wirrer Haufen

    толпа́tolpá

    a disorganized and densely packed crowd

Examples

29 sentences
  1. Penguins often huddle together to keep warm.

    ruПингвины часто собираются в кучу и прижимаются друг к другу, чтобы сохранить тепло. — Selena777

    dePinguine stehen oft eng beisammen, um sich warm zu halten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. They huddled together.

    ruОни прижались друг к другу. — marafon

  3. Mary is huddled on the couch.

    deMary liegt zusammengekauert auf der Couch. — Tamy

  4. Several children were huddled around the fire.

    deMehrere Kinder drängten sich um das Feuer zusammen. — Tamy

  5. They huddled close together to stay warm.

    deSie rückten eng aneinander, um sich zu wärmen. — Waldelfe

Translations

5 languages
Русский
(obsolete) dense and disorderly crowd:
Deutsch
(obsolete) dense and disorderly crowd:

Origin

From Middle English *hudelen, alteration (due to hudels, hidels (“hiding place”), see hidd

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”).

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Forms

plural: huddles
Singularhuddle
Pluralhuddles

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (informal) a quick private conference:powwow

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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