huddle
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈhʌdəl/
:
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- About fifty feet away sat a huddle of business-suited Asian males.
- a tight huddle
- a small huddle
- a huddle of girls
Examples
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At the end of dark tunnels, mice construct grass nests where many huddle for warmth.
Academic text (1991) -
An awesome huddle of pigeon coops sprawls by the brackish water.
Fiction book (1991) -
Cops in uniform and plainclothes are in a huddle in the rear of the plane.
Blog text (14) -
Clusters of firemen formed tense huddles with cops.
Fiction book (2002) -
The child was quiet, bent over in a small huddle, still chewing the front of the Patagonia zippered jacket, drawing.
Fiction book (2002) -
Kaylla's maid had boldly insisted that she was the First Lady, stepping out from the huddle of captives.
Fiction book (1992) -
Karo turned away, looked one last time at the huddle of thatch-roofed cottages and stone byres in the beech grove.
Fiction book (1992) -
"Peabody scanned the deserted street, the broken windows, the huddle of boxes and crates deep in the alleyway across the street."
Fiction book (1999) -
The men lay newspaper on the boards and sit in huddles, cross-legged, scooping up swathes of the rich and pungent sauce.
Fiction book (2000) -
The children formed a huddle to discuss their secret plans for the picnic.
Synonyms
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1.4
A group of people who are often friends
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2.7
A crowd of people or vehicles that blocks movement
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5.6
A noisy group of geese on land or water and sometimes a noisy group of people
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4.1
A small group of people or things gathered closely
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9.9
A large crowd of people packed closely together
How Crowded
Surface Forms
Etymology
Huddle originally meant people or things crowded closely together, like a messy group blocking a door. That is why a huddle can mean a 'group that is crowded closely together'.