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[ verb ] crowd or draw together
Synonyms Examples "let's huddle together--it's cold!" Used in print ("National Affairs"...)But Speaker_Sam_Rayburn , after huddling in Palm_Beach with President-elect_Kennedy , decided that this year something had to be done about the Rules_Committee - and that he was the only man who could do anything effective . (Mary Savage, Just for Tonight....)The trees huddled more closely together , their limbs and leaves intertwined in a coarse curtain against the sun . (Ann Ritner, Seize a Nettle....)The jobless huddled in the streets outside of employment offices , outside newspaper buildings , in parks , in relief lines , outside government agencies . Related terms |
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[ verb ] crouch or curl up
Synonyms Examples "They huddled outside in the rain" Used in print (Jay Williams, The Forger....)I did book_jackets and covers for paperback reprints : naked girls huddling in corners of dingy furnished rooms while at the doorway , daring the cops to take him , is the guy in shirt_sleeves clutching a revolver . |
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[ noun ] (informal) a quick private conference
Synonyms Used in print (Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)From under the shapeless huddle of blanket the feet moved in the mud . (Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)Inside , as_soon_as Mr._Skopas had disclosed - in a hoarse whisper - the detective 's errand , his family gathered in a huddle , forming a mass of dark flesh on and around a brocaded sofa which stood at one side of a baroque fireplace . Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 18650
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