huddle

IPA: hˈʌdʌɫ

noun

  • A dense and disorderly crowd.
  • (journalism) A session in which a group of journalists assemble to question a person of interest.
  • (American football) A brief meeting of all the players from one team that are on the field with the purpose of planning the following play.
  • (bridge) A hesitation during play to think about one's next move.
  • A surname originating as a patronymic.

verb

  • (intransitive) To crowd together.
  • (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.
  • To get together and discuss a topic.
  • (intransitive, American football) To form a huddle.
  • (transitive) To crowd (things) together; to mingle confusedly; to assemble without order or system.
  • (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).
  • (bridge, intransitive) To hesitate during play while thinking about one's next move.

adjective

  • Huddled, confused, congested.
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