hackle
1
[ hak-uh l ]
/ ˈhæk əl /
noun
verb (used with object), hack·led, hack·ling.
Angling.
to equip with a hackle.
to comb, as flax or hemp.
Idioms for hackle
raise one's hackles,
to arouse one's anger: Such officiousness always raises my hackles.
Origin of hackle
1
1400–50; late Middle English
hakell; see
heckle
OTHER WORDS FROM hackle
hack·ler, nounWords nearby hackle
hackery,
hackette,
hackie,
hacking,
hacking jacket,
hackle,
hackle fly,
hackleback,
hackles,
hackly,
hackman
Definition for hackles (2 of 2)
hackle
2
[ hak-uh l ]
/ ˈhæk əl /
verb (used with object), hack·led, hack·ling.
to cut roughly; hack; mangle.
Example sentences from the Web for hackles
British Dictionary definitions for hackles (1 of 2)
hackles
/ (ˈhækəlz) /
pl n
the hairs on the back of the neck and the back of a dog, cat, etc, which rise when the animal is angry or afraid
anger or resentment (esp in the phrases get one's hackles up, make one's hackles rise)
British Dictionary definitions for hackles (2 of 2)
hackle
/ (ˈhækəl) /
noun
any of the long slender feathers on the necks of poultry and other birds
angling
- parts of an artificial fly made from hackle feathers, representing the legs and sometimes the wings of a real fly
- short for hackle fly
a feathered ornament worn in the headdress of some British regiments
a steel flax comb
verb (tr)
to comb (flax) using a hackle
See also
hackles
Derived forms of hackle
hackler, nounWord Origin for hackle
C15:
hakell, probably from Old English; variant of
heckle; see
hatchel
Idioms and Phrases with hackles
hackles
see raise someone's hackles.