hackle

[US]/'hæk(ə)l/
[UK]/ˈhækəl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. comb through, chop roughly
n. serrated shape, feathers on the neck, rows of needles.
Word Forms
Present Participlehackling
Third Person Singularhackles
Past Tensehackled
Past Participlehackled
Pluralhackles

Example Sentences

she felt her hackles rise in anger.

Ben felt his hackles rise as the speaker continued.

He really makes my hackles rise, that man. He’s so rude to everybody.

It lengthways hackles the notion of scientific literacy and breadthwise anatomies the senior high school students" scientific literacy, from the angle of theoretical analysis.

The dog's hackles rose as a warning.

His comment really raised her hackles.

She couldn't help but feel her hackles rise at the unfair treatment.

The controversial statement caused hackles to rise among the audience.

The politician's speech raised the hackles of many voters.

His arrogant attitude always raises hackles in the office.

The hackles of the employees were raised when they heard about the pay cuts.

The unfair decision caused hackles to rise among the team members.

The rude customer's behavior raised hackles among the staff.

The hackles of the community were raised by the proposed construction project.

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