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: huddled under the blanket while watching television.

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.