Huddle — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

(informal) a quick private conference

a disorganized and densely packed crowd

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/hˈʌdəl/

🇬🇧British English

/hˈaɪndkwɔːtə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/hˈaɪndkwɔːtə/

1 syllable Say it as /hˈʌdəl/.

Examples

a huddle of frightened women
let's huddle together--it's cold!
They huddled outside in the rain

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

huddle together powwow cower

Parts of Speech

noun	(informal) a quick private conference
noun	a disorganized and densely packed crowd “a huddle of frightened women”
verb	crowd or draw together “let's huddle together--it's cold!”
verb	crouch or curl up “They huddled outside in the rain”

Word Forms

powwow	verb	hold a powwow, talk, conference or meeting
huddle	verb	crowd or draw together
huddle	noun	a disorganized and densely packed crowd
huddler	noun	a member of a huddle

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Haufen

(informell) eine kurze private Konferenz

🇫🇷French

se blottir

(informel) une conférence privée rapide

🇪🇸Spanish

grupo

(informal) una conferencia privada rápida

🇮🇹Italian

stringersi

(informale) una breve conferenza privata

🇳🇱Dutch

samenkomen

(informeel) een snelle privéconferentie

🇵🇹Portuguese

amontoado

(informal) uma rápida conferência privada

🇷🇺Russian

ютиться

(неформально) быстрая частная конференция

India

🇮🇳Hindi

भीड़-भाड़

(अनौपचारिक) एक त्वरित निजी सम्मेलन

🇧🇩Bengali

আবদ্ধ

(অনানুষ্ঠানিক) একটি দ্রুত ব্যক্তিগত সম্মেলন

🇮🇳Tamil

சலசலப்பு

(முறைசாரா) ஒரு விரைவான தனியார் மாநாடு

🇮🇳Telugu

హడల్

(అనధికారిక) శీఘ్ర ప్రైవేట్ సమావేశం

🇮🇳Marathi

अडकवणे

(अनौपचारिक) एक द्रुत खाजगी परिषद

🇮🇳Gujarati

હડલ

(અનૌપચારિક) ઝડપી ખાનગી કોન્ફરન્સ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹಡಲ್

(ಅನೌಪಚಾರಿಕ) ತ್ವರಿತ ಖಾಸಗಿ ಸಮ್ಮೇಳನ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കൂടപ്പിറപ്പ്

(അനൗപചാരിക) പെട്ടെന്നുള്ള സ്വകാര്യ സമ്മേളനം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਜੱਫੀ

(ਗੈਰ-ਰਸਮੀ) ਇੱਕ ਤੇਜ਼ ਪ੍ਰਾਈਵੇਟ ਕਾਨਫਰੰਸ

🇵🇰Urdu

گڑبڑ

(غیر رسمی) ایک فوری نجی کانفرنس

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

乱堆

（非正式）快速的私人会议

🇯🇵Japanese

集まる

(非公式) 簡単なプライベート会議

🇰🇷Korean

난잡

(비공식) 빠른 비공개 회의

🇻🇳Vietnamese

trò chuyện cùng nhau

(không chính thức) một cuộc họp riêng tư nhanh chóng

🇹🇭Thai

กอดกัน

(ไม่เป็นทางการ) การประชุมส่วนตัวอย่างรวดเร็ว

🇮🇩Indonesian

kerumunan

(informal) konferensi pribadi singkat

🇵🇭Filipino

makipagsiksikan

(impormal) isang mabilis na pribadong kumperensya

🇲🇾Malay

borak

(tidak rasmi) persidangan peribadi yang cepat

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تجمهر

(غير رسمي) مؤتمر خاص سريع

🇮🇷Persian

جمع شدن

(غیررسمی) یک کنفرانس خصوصی سریع

🇹🇷Turkish

toplanmak

(gayri resmi) hızlı bir özel konferans

🇮🇱Hebrew

לְהִצְטוֹפֵף

(לא רשמי) כנס פרטי מהיר

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