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[ verb ] crowd or draw together

Synonyms

huddle_together

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

cluster

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[ verb ] crouch or curl up

Synonyms

cower

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 .

Related terms

crouch huddler

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[ noun ] (informal) a quick private conference

Synonyms

powwow

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 .

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 18650
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[ noun ] a disorganized and densely packed crowd

Examples

"a huddle of frightened women"

Related terms

crowd huddler

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