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huddle
[ huhd-l ]
verb (used without object)
- to gather or crowd together in a close mass.
- to crouch, curl up, or draw oneself together.
- Football. to get together in a huddle.
- to confer or consult; meet to discuss, exchange ideas, or make a decision.
verb (used with object)
- to heap or crowd together closely.
- to draw (oneself ) closely together, as in crouching; nestle (often followed by up ).
- Chiefly British. to do hastily and carelessly (often followed by up, over, or together ).
- to put on (clothes) with careless haste (often followed by on ).
noun
- a closely gathered group, mass, or heap; bunch.
- Football. a gathering of the offensive team in a close circle or line behind the line of scrimmage for instructions, signals, etc., from the team captain or quarterback, usually held before each offensive play.
- a conference, or consultation, especially a private meeting to discuss serious matters:
The labor representatives have been in a huddle for two hours.
- confusion or disorder.
huddle
/ ˈ³óÊŒ»åÉ™±ô /
noun
- a heaped or crowded mass of people or things
- informal.a private or impromptu conference (esp in the phrase go into a huddle )
verb
- to crowd or cause to crowd or nestle closely together
- often foll by up to draw or hunch (oneself), as through cold
- informal.intr to meet and confer privately
- tr to do (something) in a careless way
- rare.tr to put on (clothes) hurriedly
Derived Forms
- ˈ³ó³Ü»å»å±ô±ð°ù, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³ó³Ü»åd±ô±ð°ù noun
- ³ó³Ü»åd±ô¾±²Ô²µÂ·±ô²â adverb
- ³Ü²Ô·³ó³Ü»åd±ô±ð verb (used with object) unhuddled unhuddling
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of huddle1
Idioms and Phrases
see go into a huddle .Example Sentences
He had to have felt it after walking off the court in the fourth quarter, the crowd and his teammates all chanting his name as the Lakers’ huddle bounced with excitement.
In addition, we need a family huddle around the science of pandemic interventions, because there are questions about whether the ones we implemented made a big difference in health outcomes at all.
But before Close could debrief with players, Kiki Rice pulled her teammates into a tight huddle.
He’s huddled on a black leather couch alongside his longtime friends and group members during a Zoom interview.
“I just felt it happening before it happened,†said Gibson, who was listening to a radio broadcast of the game on his phone while huddled with some friends at a cabin in Michigan.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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