different between hiddle vs huddle

English

Alternative forms

• hidel, hidle
• hiddil, heddle, hydle
• hidels, hydles

Etymology

From Middle English hidel, hydel, an alteration, due to final s mistaken for the plural ending, of Middle English hidils, hudels (“hiding-place, concealment”), from Old English h?dels (“a place of concealment, hiding-place, cavern, cave”), equivalent to hide +? -le. For loss of final s compare burial, riddle. More at hide, huddle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?d?l/

Noun

hiddle (plural hiddles)

1. (now chiefly dialectal) A hiding-place; a sheltered spot.
2. (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) A cluster, small group of buildings, etc. set close together; a huddle.

Derived terms

• but hidel
• hidel-like
• in hidel

Related terms

• hide
• hideling

Verb

hiddle (third-person singular simple present hiddles, present participle hiddling, simple past and past participle hiddled)

1. (transitive, Britain dialectal, Scotland) To hide; conceal.
2. (intransitive, Britain dialectal, Scotland) To nestle closely; take shelter.
3. (transitive, Britain dialectal, Scotland) To shelter (in one's arms).

Scots

Alternative forms

• hiddil, hidle, heddle

Etymology

From Early Scots hidlis (“hiding places”), from hiddil (“concealment”), from Middle English hidels.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h??d?l/

Noun

hiddle (plural hiddles)

1. A hiding place or shelter.

Adverb

hiddle (comparative mair hiddle, superlative maist hiddle)

1. In a mysterious fashion.

Verb

hiddle (third-person singular present hiddles, present participle hiddlin, past hiddlet, past participle hiddlet)

1. To hide or conceal.
2. To take shelter or nestle closely.

English

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?d?l/
• Rhymes: -?d?l

Noun

huddle (plural huddles)

1. A dense and disorderly crowd.
2. (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.
3. (bridge) A hesitation during play to think about one's next move.

Translations

Verb

huddle (third-person singular simple present huddles, present participle huddling, simple past and past participle huddled)

1. (intransitive) To crowd together.
   • 1912: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 4

     During all these operations the apes who had entered sat huddled near the door watching their chief, while those outside strained and crowded to catch a glimpse of what transpired within.

2. (intransitive) To curl one's legs up to the chest and keep one's arms close to the torso; to crouch; to assume a position similar to that of an embryo in the womb.
3. To get together and discuss a topic.
   • 2012 November 2, Ken Belson, "[1]," New York Times (retrieved 2 November 2012):

     George Hirsch, chairman of the board of Road Runners, said officials huddled all day Friday, hoping to devise an alternate race. They considered replacing the marathon with a race that would comprise the final 10 miles of marathon, starting at the base of the Queensboro 59th Street Bridge on the Manhattan side. But that was not deemed plausible, Mr. Hirsch said.

4. (intransitive, American football) To form a huddle.
5. (transitive) To crowd (things) together; to mingle confusedly; to assemble without order or system.

   • Our adversary, huddling several suppositions together, […] makes a medley and confusion.

6. (transitive) To do, make, or put, in haste or roughly; hence, to do imperfectly; usually with a following preposition or adverb (huddle on, huddle up, huddle together).
   • 1845, John Henry Newman, Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine

     Huddle up a peace.

   • Let him forecast his work with timely care, / Which else is huddled when the skies are fair.

   • 1728, Jonathan Swift, The Journal of a Modern Lady

     Now, in all haste, they huddle on / Their hoods, their cloaks, and get them gone.
7. (bridge, intransitive) To hesitate during play while thinking about one's next move.

Translations

Adjective

huddle (comparative more huddle, superlative most huddle)

1. Muted, as if emitted by a huddled embryo
   • 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Library of America, 1985, p.51:

     Gowan snored, each respiration chocking to a huddle fall, as though he would never breathe again.

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