huddle

Universal Words verb, noun verb [V] [usually +adv./prep.] ~ (up) 1 (of people or animals) to gather closely together, usually because of cold or fear: We huddled together for warmth. * They all huddled around the fire. * People huddled up close to each other. 2 to hold your arms and legs close to your body, usually because you are cold or frightened: I huddled under a blanket on the floor. huddled adjective: People were huddled together around the fire. * huddled figures in shop doorways * We found him huddled on the floor. noun 1 a small group of people, objects or buildings that are close together, especially when they are not in any particular order: People stood around in huddles. * The track led them to a huddle of barns and outbuildings. 2 (in American football) a time when the players gather round to hear the plan for the next part of the game IDIOMS get / go into a huddle (with sb) to move close to sb so that you can talk about sth without other people hearing