huddle

(hŭdˈl)

1. A densely packed group or crowd, as of people or animals.
2. Football A brief gathering of a team's players behind the line of scrimmage to receive instructions for the next play.
3. A small private conference or meeting.

1. To crowd together, as from cold or fear.
2. To draw or curl one's limbs close to one's body; crouch.
3. Football To gather in a huddle.
4. Informal To gather together for conference or consultation: During the crisis the President's national security advisers huddled.

1. To cause to crowd together.
2. To draw (oneself) together in a crouch.
3. Chiefly British To arrange, do, or make hastily or carelessly.

Related Forms:

• hudˈdler noun