Huddle
['hʌd(ə)l] or ['hʌdl]
Definition
(noun.) (informal) a quick private conference.
(noun.) a disorganized and densely packed crowd; 'a huddle of frightened women'.
(verb.) crowd or draw together; 'let's huddle together--it's cold!'.
(verb.) crouch or curl up; 'They huddled outside in the rain'.
Inputed by Jackson--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To press together promiscuously, from confusion, apprehension, or the like; to crowd together confusedly; to press or hurry in disorder; to crowd.
(v. t.) To crowd (things) together to mingle confusedly; to assemble without order or system.
(v. t.) To do, make, or put, in haste or roughly; hence, to do imperfectly; -- usually with a following preposition or adverb; as, to huddle on; to huddle up; to huddle together.
(n.) A crowd; a number of persons or things crowded together in a confused manner; tumult; confusion.
Typed by Josephine
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Throw together in confusion.
v. n. Crowd, press together in confusion.
n. Crowd, tumult, disorder, confusion, disturbance.
Typed by Dave
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Mix, confuse, derange, heap
ANT:Assort, arrange, adjust, classify
Typist: Randall
Definition
v.i. to put up things confusedly: to hurry in disorder: to crowd.—v.t. to throw or crowd together in confusion: to put on hastily.—n. a crowd: tumult: confusion.
Checker: Sophia
Examples
- The world does not huddle and bend them to a task. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- There was a scream from the women all huddled in the doorway to look at us--a shout from the men--two of them down but not hurt. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- For hours the fury of the storm continued without surcease, and still the tribe huddled close in shivering fear. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- He shuffles slowly into Mr. George's gallery and stands huddled together in a bundle, looking all about the floor. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Nothing more they found, and it was a thoroughly awed and frightened group of savages which huddled around their king a few moments later. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Another instant found us huddled on the tiny deck. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The savages sat huddled close together round their fire, with fruits, bones, and half-putrid flesh. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Six children are huddled into one bed to keep from freezing, for they have no fire. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Osborne said, seizing the white cashmere shawl from his friend's arm, and huddling up Amelia in it. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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