huddle

See also Huddle

English [edit]

huddle (plural huddles)

a dense and disorderly crowd
(American football) a brief meeting of all the players from one team that are on the field with the purpose of planning the following play.

dense and disorderly crowd

huddle (third-person singular simple present huddles, present participle huddling, simple past and past participle huddled)

(intransitive) to crowd together as when distressed or in fear

The sheep huddled together seeking warmth.
- 1912: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 4
  
  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.
(intransitive) 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
To get together and discuss
- 2012 November 2, Ken Belson, "[1]," New York Times (retrieved 2 November 2012):
  
  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.
(intransitive, American football) to form a huddle.

crowd together

curl one's legs up to the chest