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huddle(2)(dictionary)
huddle(dictionary)
huddle 1, verb(dictionary)
huddle 2, noun(dictionary)

huddle(2) (iou)



huddle noun. L16.
[Prob. from the verb.]
A crowded or confused mass of people or things. L16.
B. Moore In the distance, a huddle of slate rooftops. P. Roth A huddle of graduate students waiting shyly..to ask the writer serious questions.
Confusion; disorderly haste. E17.
A close or secret conference. Freq. in go into a huddle. colloq. E20.
F. Astaire We immediately went into huddles..to hear and discuss the material which they had written.
b. spec. In any of various team games, esp. American football, a brief gathering of players during a game to receive instructions. M20.
Bridge. A pause during which a player considers his or her next call or play. M20.