huddle
English
/ˈhʌdəl/
noun
Definitions
- A dense and disorderly crowd.
- (American football) A brief meeting of all the players from one team that are on the field with the purpose of planning the following play.
- (bridge) A hesitation during play to think about one's next move.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English *hudelen, huden suf from English hide (skin, unit of land used for tax assessment, animal skin, measure of land), hide (skin, unit of land used for tax assessment, animal skin, measure of land).
Origin
English
hide
Gloss
skin, unit of land used for tax assessment, animal skin, measure of land
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
皮, 膚, 肌
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- autohide English
- boarhide English
- calfhide English
- cowhide English
- dragonhide English
- hidage English
- hidate English
- hidation English
- hiddle English
- hide English
- hide-all English
- hideable English
- hideaway English
- hidebehind English
- hidebound English
- hided English
- hidegild English
- hideless English
- hidelings English
- hideman English
- hideout English
- hider English
- hidest English
- hidness English
- hidy English
- horsehide English
- huddler English
- huddlesome English
- moosehide English
- oxhide English
- rawhide English
- rehide English
- unhide English
- ハドル Japanese
- *hudelen Middle English
- hiden Middle English
- huden Middle English
- hait Tok Pisin