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huddle

/ˈhʌdəl/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A dense and disorderly crowd.
  2. A brief meeting of all the players from one team that are on the field with the purpose of planning the following play.
  3. A hesitation during play to think about one's next move.
  4. To crowd together.
  5. 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.
  6. To get together and discuss a topic.
  7. To form a huddle.
  8. To crowd (things) together; to mingle confusedly; to assemble without order or system.
  9. 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).
  10. Muted, as if emitted by a huddled embryo

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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