Definitions for huddle

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huddle hud·dle

Spelling: [huhd-l]

IPA: /ˈhʌd l/

Huddle is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 54 anagrams from letters in huddle (ddehlu).

Definitions for huddle

noun

1. a closely gathered group, mass, or heap; bunch.
2. Football. a gathering of the offensive team in a close circle or line behind the line of scrimmage for instructions, signals, etc., from the team captain or quarterback, usually held before each offensive play.
3. a conference, or consultation, especially a private meeting to discuss serious matters:
4. confusion or disorder.

verb (used with object)

1. to heap or crowd together closely.
2. to draw (oneself) closely together, as in crouching; nestle (often followed by up).
3. Chiefly British. to do hastily and carelessly (often followed by up, over, or together).
4. to put on (clothes) with careless haste (often followed by on).

verb (used without object)

1. to gather or crowd together in a close mass.
2. to crouch, curl up, or draw oneself together.
3. Football. to get together in a huddle.
4. to confer or consult; meet to discuss, exchange ideas, or make a decision.

Origin of huddle

1570-80; hud- (weak grade of root found in hide¹) + -le; replacing Middle English hoder, equivalent to hod- (variant hud-) + -er

Examples for huddle

They huddle indoors instead of keeping vigorous with exercise.

I like to imagine you in Friday Night Lights in the huddle doling out orders to everybody.

We tried to grip each other, but in the huddle we were thrust apart.

On freezing days, there was no need to huddle outside the office for four minutes to suck down my dose.

I liked that they all said, ‘huddle up dudes,’ and one would be smacking the other in the head, and it was really funny.

The House Armed Services Committee members are scheduled to huddle Tuesday for a classified briefing on Iraq.

Without even a premonitory shout a pony bolted for us, from their huddle.

They huddle in each other's offices, selectively sharing intelligence about their peers' machinations, real and imagined.

Do not huddle all your men together in a small trench like sheep in a pen.

And if I huddle up what happened, excitement also shares the blame.