hackles

hack·le ¹  (hkl)

n.

1. Any of the long, slender, often glossy feathers on the neck of a bird, especially a male domestic fowl.

2. hackles The erectile hairs along the back of the neck of an animal, especially of a dog.

3.

a. A tuft of cock feathers trimming an artificial fishing fly.

b. A hackle fly.

tr.v. hack·led, hack·ling, hack·les

To trim (an artificial fishing fly) with a hackle.

Idiom:

get (one's) hackles up

To be extremely insulted or irritated.

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[Middle English hakell, cloak, skin, plumage, possibly from Old English hacele, cloak, mantle.]

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hack·le ²  (hkl)

v. hack·led, hack·ling, hack·les

v.tr.

To chop roughly; mangle by hacking.

v.intr.

To hack.

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[Frequentative of hack.]

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hackles [ˈhæk^əlz]

pl n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) 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

2. anger or resentment (esp in the phrases get one's hackles up, make one's hackles rise)

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

hackles - a feeling of anger and animosity; "having one's hackles or dander up" dander anger, ire, choler - a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance

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hackles

plural noun

raise someone's hackles or make someone's hackles rise anger, annoy, infuriate, cause resentment, rub someone up the wrong way, make someone see red (informal), get someone's dander up (slang) It made my hackles rise when he got the job.

Translations

hackles [ˈhæklz] NPL (lit) [of dog] (on back of neck) → pelo m del pescuezo; (on back) → pelo m del lomo
with his hackles up [dog] → con el pelo erizado; [person] → hecho una furia, furioso
to make sb's hackles rise → poner hecho una furia a algn, enfurecer a algn

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hackles [ˈhæk^əlz] npl
to make sb's hackles rise → mettre qn hors de soi, hérisser qn
hackney cab [ˌhækniˈkæb] n → fiacre m

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hackles [ˈhæklz] npl to make sb's hackles rise (fig) → far arrabbiare qn

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hackles [ˈhæklz] npl to make sb's hackles rise (fig) → far arrabbiare qn

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hackles

n pl hackles [ˈhӕklz]

the hair on a dog's neck or the feathers on the neck of a farmyard cock. nekhare, lang nekveer [] ريش على رَقَبة الديك، شَعر على عُنق الكلْب дълги пера на шията на петел или косми по врата и гърба на куче srst, peří na krku nakkehår; kam die Nackenhaare,-federn φτερά ή τρίχωμα του τραχήλου collar, plumas del cuello kuklakarvad, kaelasuled موهای گردن سگ؛ پر گردن niskakarvat poils/plumes du cou נוֹצָת-צָווַאר कुत्ते या पक्षी के गर्दन के ऊपर के बाल vratna pera (na pijetlu), dlake na vratu (šiji) životinja nyaktoll bulu leher burstir penne del collo 首回りの毛 (수탉 등의 목둘레에 난) 길죽한 털 (šuns) karčiai, (gaidžio) kaklo plunksnos (dzīvnieka, putna) kakla spalvas bulu tengkuk nekharen najeżony grzbiet, nastroszone pióra pelos do cachaço guler, pene la gât шерсть или оперенье на загривке srsť, perie na krku dlaka/perje na vratu perje na vratu petla nackhår, nackfjäder ขนยาวรอบคอไก่หรือนก yele (狗或公雞等)頸部豎起的毛 шерсть на загривку; пір'я на шиї کتے یا مرغے وغیرہ کی گردن کے نچلے یا پیٹھ کے پچھلے حصے کے پر یا بال lông vũ dài trên cổ gà trống hoặc lông trên cổ con chó （狗等）颈背部竖起的毛