unhuddle

English

Etymology

Verb

unhuddle (third-person singular simple present unhuddles, present participle unhuddling, simple past and past participle unhuddled)

(intransitive) To emerge from a huddle or tight group.
- 2016, Andrew Bloomfield, Call of the Cats, page 94:
  But hearing my voice, they would unhuddle and run toward me. We brought them inside and contemplated keeping them. But they were still bonded with their mother, so we decided to leave them to their fate outside.
- 2020, Savanna Flakes, Shaking Up Special Education:
  When ready to share, they unhuddle. When all groups are done, call a number and ask students with that number to rotate to a new group.