Past tense of huddle
regular verb
The past tense of huddle is huddled. The past participle is also huddled.
Forms of huddle
| Base form (V1) | huddle /ˈhʌdəl/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | huddled /ˈhʌdl̩d/ |
| Past participle (V3) | huddled /ˈhʌdl̩d/ |
| Present participle | huddling |
| Third person singular | huddles |
Huddled in a sentence
- The sheep huddled together seeking warmth.
- 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.1912 October, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Tarzan of the Apes”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC; republished as...
- They huddled, waiting for the storm to blow over.From the entry blow over
- It huddled beneath the spreading arms of a large leopard tree.2018, Melissa Lucashenko, Too Much Lip, University of Queensland Press, published 2023, page 9. From the entry leopard tree
- Orange trees and apricot trees huddled amid the gray-silver leaves of gnarled olive-branched trees.2013, Lynny Harris, Midbar III, page 245. From the entry olive-branched
Meaning of huddle
- noun A small group of individuals in very close proximity to one another.
- noun A session in which a group of journalists assemble in an informal, dense cluster to question a person of interest.
- noun A brief meeting of all the players from one team that are on the field with the purpose of planning the following play.
Questions about the past tense of huddle
- What is the past tense of huddle?
- The past tense of huddle is huddled.
- What is the past participle of huddle?
- The past participle of huddle is huddled.
- Is huddle a regular or irregular verb?
- Huddle is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: huddle (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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