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

huddle (iou)



huddle verb. L16.
[Perh. of Low German origin and ult. from Germanic base of HIDE verb1: cf. HUD.]
I. verb trans.
Hide; hush up. L16-E19.
Heap up, mix, or crowd together closely or in a disordered manner; push in a disorderly mass into, out of, through, etc.; put (clothes) on or on hurriedly or untidily. L16.
Sir W. Scott The Friar..had huddled a friar's frock over his green cassock. R. L. Stevenson The bar-keeper led us upstairs to a room..with..chairs huddled into one corner. W. S. Churchill They were huddling and clumping themselves together for mutual protection.
b. Hunch, coil, (oneself) over, up, etc. M18.
Conan Doyle I found him huddled up in his arm-chair with updrawn knees.
Hurry (over, through); hurry the completion of, botch up through haste. Now rare or obsolete. M17.
Hug. Now dial. M17.
II. verb intrans.
Gather or crowd closely or in disorder; hunch up; nestle closely in a hunched position. Freq. foll. by together, up. L16.
H. Roth They huddled together as if for protection. P. L. Fermor Villages that huddled round the shingle roofs of churches. B. Chatwin After dark, she would huddle over the fire.
Hurry in disorder or confusion. M17-M18.
huddlement noun huddled condition, huddling M19.
huddler noun (rare) E17.