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hut
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As a noun, hut means a small, simple one-storey dwelling or shelter, often with just one room, and generally built of readily available local materials. As an interjection, it means called by the quarterback to prepare the team for a play.
Meanings of hut
8 meaningsnoun
A small, simple one-storey dwelling or shelter, often with just one room, and generally built of readily available local materials.
“a thatched hut; a mud hut; a shepherd’s hut”
A small wooden shed.
“a groundsman’s hut”
Temporary military shelter
Similar: army hut, field hut
Older and rare meanings (1)
agricultureobsoleteA small stack of grain.
verb
archaicTo provide (someone) with shelter in a hut.
“to hut troops in winter quarters”
archaicTo take shelter in a hut.
agricultureobsoleteTo stack (sheaves of grain).
interjection
american footballCalled by the quarterback to prepare the team for a play.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).