huddle

A small group of individuals in very close proximity to one another.

• It’s about as riveting as listening to a huddle of ents discuss the finer points of deciduous shedding.

A small group of individuals in very close proximity to one another.; A session in which a group of journalists assemble in an informal, dense cluster to question a person of interest.

• The post-PMQs huddle takes place just outside the press gallery, and all the journalists swarm first around the Prime Minister's press team[…]

A small group of individuals in very close proximity to one another.; A brief meeting of all the players from one team that are on the field with the purpose of planning the following play.

A hesitation during play to think about one's next move.

A dense and disorderly crowd.obsolete

To crowd together.intransitive

• The sheep huddled together seeking warmth.

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.intransitive

• Just south of Wamphray station they overtook the runaway. The dim figure of Mitchell could be seen sitting huddled behind the stormboard. They shouted and whistled. He paid no attention.

To get together and discuss a topic.

• 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

To form a huddle.intransitive

To crowd (things) together; to mingle confusedly; to assemble without order or system.transitive

• Our adversary, huddling several suppositions together,[…]makes a medley and confusion.

To do, make, or put, in haste or roughly; hence, to do imperfectly; usually with a following preposition or adverb (huddle on, huddle up, huddle together).transitive

• Huddle up a peace.
• Let him forecast his work with timely care, / Which else is huddled when the skies are fair.

To hesitate during play while thinking about one's next move.intransitive

Huddled, confused, congested.not-comparable

• Gowan snored, each respiration choking to a huddle fall as though he would never breathe again.