HUDDLE


Meaning of HUDDLE in English

I. verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

around

The inhabitants huddle around huge log fires in timber halls protected by massive stockades.

Four family members were found huddled around the bathtub; three other victims were discovered in the bedroom.

Grannies make their mark Women huddle around blackboards on windy Andean hillsides.

together

The Springboks team, led by Joost van der Westhuizen, huddled together and prayed.

And if the herd is threatened, they will gallop off together or maybe huddle together, touching each other for reassurance.

The old men, terrified, bewildered, huddled together .

A knot of figures were huddled together on the walkway.

They huddle together or hide under a rock.

No-one had noticed that while they huddled together the armour-plating had rusted away.

Sometimes they were in heaps because they had huddled together , and some were scattered all along.

up

They huddled up close to each other as they walked rather aimlessly towards the heart of the old market.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

A group of beggars were huddling in the shop entrance to keep dry.

Homeless men huddled beneath flimsy blankets on the sidewalk.

The room didn't have any heating, and we had to huddle together for warmth.

This week, the union's executive board huddled to discuss how to keep workers from competing against each other.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Even worse, during storms animals tend to huddle together, which creates even longer step potential loops.

He sat huddled, looking pathetic and sorry for himself, and he would not smile.

Last night families were huddled in fields fearing further tremors.

Mum was still huddled under the blanket.

Quietly they huddled together on the cobbles of the drive.

The Springboks team, led by Joost van der Westhuizen, huddled together and prayed.

They smoke between classes and after lunch, much like their adult counterparts who huddle outside office buildings for smoke breaks.

II. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ VERB

go

The meeting was chaotic, but at the end Mr Williams went into a huddle with a group of hauliers.

As each question is asked each team goes into a huddle and then writes down its answer.

They had gone into a huddle , obviously discussing their captives.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

call a huddle

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

As each question is asked each team goes into a huddle and then writes down its answer.

Cops in twos and threes huddle , lightly tap their thighs with night sticks and smile at me with benevolence.

Gwendolen loses her composure and huddles in terror.

He talks incessantly, in huddles with Jason and his solicitor and junior counsel.

Mariucci noted the huddle could look strange with Rudolph standing with the other linemen.

Nabers asks the seniors to come up with a cheer to break the huddle .

They talked in a close huddle and every so often would both turn round and look at me.

With 16 seconds left, and no timeouts remaining, Starr stepped into the huddle for the last call.

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