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Word | Hackles |
a feeling of anger and animosity; having one's hackles or dander up / a feeling of anger and animosity / hairs on back and neck, especially of a dog / erectile hairs along the back of a dog or other animal that rise when it is angry or alarmed. / a: one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird b: the neck plumage of the domestic fowl / a comb or board with long metal teeth for dressing flax, hemp, or jute / plural a: erectile hairs along the neck and back especially of a dog b: temper, dander the issue raised some hackles / a: an artificial fishing fly made chiefly of the filaments of a cock's neck feathers b: filaments of cock feather projecting from the head of an artificial fly / to comb out with a hackle, | |
Usage | ⇒ The dog's hackles rose and he began to growl, as the sound of footsteps grew louder. ⇒ The dog stared, ears flattening, and she saw his hackles rise along his spine. ⇒ his hackles rose when thinking about the unpleasant event |
Synonyms | dander, combs, anger, burs, chops, cockings, cocks, cooks, fowls, hacks, heckles, mangles, roosters, abolishes, armor, armour, beard, brush, burrs, camouflage, |
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