huddle

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• /ˈhʌdəl/
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From Middle English *hudelen, alteration (due to hudels, hidels (“hiding place”), see hiddle) of *huderen, hoderen (“to cover; press together; huddle”), a frequentative form of Middle English huden, hiden (“to hide”), equivalent to hide + -le and/or hide + -er. Compare Low German huderken (“to brood; coddle; nurse; lull children to sleep”).

Variant of Hudd.

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: тълпа (tǎlpa) — (obsolete) dense and disorderly crowd
• Czech: shluk — (obsolete) dense and disorderly crowd
• Czech: hlouček — (obsolete) dense and disorderly crowd
• Czech: chumel — (obsolete) dense and disorderly crowd
• German: wirrer Haufen — (obsolete) dense and disorderly crowd
• Italian: calca — (obsolete) dense and disorderly crowd
• Italian: folla — (obsolete) dense and disorderly crowd
• Russian: толпа́ (tolpá) — (obsolete) dense and disorderly crowd
• Spanish: chusma — (obsolete) dense and disorderly crowd
• Swedish: klunga — (obsolete) dense and disorderly crowd
• Swedish: skock — (obsolete) dense and disorderly crowd
• Swedish: hop — (obsolete) dense and disorderly crowd
• Swedish: skara — (obsolete) dense and disorderly crowd
• French: caucus — small group in close proximity
• Spanish: timbac — a brief meeting of all the players from one team that are on the field with the purpose of planning the following play
• Bulgarian: струпвам се (strupvam se) — crowd or crouch together
• Czech: natěsnat se — crowd or crouch together
• Czech: namačkat se — crowd or crouch together
• Czech: tisknout se — crowd or crouch together
• Dutch: samendrommen — crowd or crouch together
• Māori: torohū — crowd or crouch together
• Māori: tapapahu — crowd or crouch together
• Māori: kōpipiri — crowd or crouch together
• Spanish: acurrucarse — crowd or crouch together
• French: se blottir — crowd together
• French: s'amasser — crowd together
• Hungarian: összezsúfolódik — crowd together
• Italian: accalcarsi — crowd together
• Russian: толпи́ться (tolpítʹsja) — crowd together
• Russian: столпи́ться (stolpítʹsja) — crowd together
• Spanish: amontonarse — crowd together
• Spanish: arracimarse — crowd together
• Spanish: enracimarse — crowd together
• Spanish: apiñarse — crowd together
• Czech: choulit se — curl one's legs up to the chest
• Czech: schoulit se — curl one's legs up to the chest
• French: se blottir — curl one's legs up to the chest
• French: se raccoquiller — curl one's legs up to the chest
• Galician: acurruncharse — curl one's legs up to the chest
• Galician: acuruxarse — curl one's legs up to the chest
• Galician: arrecuncharse — curl one's legs up to the chest
• Galician: engruñarse — curl one's legs up to the chest
• Hungarian: összekuporodik — curl one's legs up to the chest
• Irish: gróig — curl one's legs up to the chest
• Spanish: acurrucarse — curl one's legs up to the chest
• Spanish: hacer un timbac — to form a huddle