[
US
/ˈhədəɫ/
]
[ UK /hˈʌdəl/ ]
[ UK /hˈʌdəl/ ]
NOUN
- (informal) a quick private conference
-
a disorganized and densely packed crowd
a huddle of frightened women
VERB
-
crouch or curl up
They huddled outside in the rain -
crowd or draw together
let's huddle together--it's cold!
How To Use huddle In A Sentence
- She huddled inside the porch as she rang the bell.
- Tiny figures huddled in sweatshops, toiling in unspeakable conditions.
- The clothes lay huddled up in a pile in the corner.
- Sasaki huddled against the hot grains of sand, gritting her teeth, curled up in a ball and hugging her shoulders as if to keep herself from ripping apart.
- A huddle of poky teashops serves the day labourers who congregate here in search of work, and travellers from the station.
- Over the years, I'd gone from what I fondly imagined to be a switched-on, youngish-minded mum to a rancid, middle-aged harridan, glaring at shrieking texting huddles in the street – youngsters I didn't even know, but would consider lightly birching. It's all too easy to hate teens – try a little love instead | Barbara Ellen
- Their clothes lay in a huddle on the floor.
- She climbed aboard the Mumbles train and huddled in a seat in the warmth of the lower deck.
- Her pet dog huddled against her.
- The huddle of poor dwellings, too small to be named a village, clings plastered like martens' nests against rocks, high above a green river.