Huddlename

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  A surname originating as a patronymic.

huddlenoun/ˈhʌdəl/

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  obsoleteA dense and disorderly crowd.

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

  • It’s about as riveting as listening to a huddle of ents discuss the finer points of deciduous shedding.
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  journalismmediaA small group of individuals in very close proximity to one another.

  • The post-PMQs huddle takes place just outside the press gallery, and all the journalists swarm first around the Prime Minister's press team[…]
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  American-footballball-gamesfootballA small group of individuals in very close proximity to one another.

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

huddleverb/ˈhʌdəl/

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  To crowd together.

  • The sheep huddled together seeking warmth.
  • During all these operations the apes who had entered sat huddled near the door watching their chief, while those outside strained and crowded to catch a glimpse of what transpired within.
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  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.

  • Just south of Wamphray station they overtook the runaway. The dim figure of Mitchell could be seen sitting huddled behind the stormboard. They shouted and whistled. He paid no attention.
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  To get together and discuss a topic.

  • George Hirsch, chairman of the board of Road Runners, said officials huddled all day Friday, hoping to devise an alternate race. They considered replacing the marathon with a race that would comprise the final 10 miles of marathon, starting at the base of the Queensboro 59th Street Bridge on the Manhattan side. But that was not deemed plausible, Mr. Hirsch said.
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  American-footballball-gamesfootballTo form a huddle.

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  To crowd (things) together; to mingle confusedly; to assemble without order or system.

  • Our adversary, huddling several suppositions together,[…]makes a medley and confusion.
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  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).

  • Huddle up a peace.
  • Let him forecast his work with timely care, / Which else is huddled when the skies are fair.
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  bridgegamesTo hesitate during play while thinking about one's next move.

huddleadj/ˈhʌdəl/

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  Huddled, confused, congested.

  • There was in Sicilie a certaine fisherman who resembled in all points Sura the pro-consull, not onely in visage and feature of the face, but also in mowing with his mouth when he spake, in drawing his tongue short, and in his huddle and thicke speech.
  • The evangelists are easily distinguished from the rest, by a passionate zeal and love which the painter has thrown in their faces; the huddle group of those who stand most distant, are admirable representations of men abashed with their late unbelief and hardness of heart.