hackles (redirected from hackles feathers)

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

Noun, pl

1. raise someone's hackles make someone feel angry or hostile

2. the hairs or feathers on the back of the neck of certain animals or birds, which rise when they are angry [Middle English hakell]

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) hack you off (informal)

Translations

hackles [ˈhæklz] npl to make sb's hackles rise (fig) → poner furioso a algn

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hackles [ˈhæklz] npl to make sb's hackles rise (fig) → mettre qn hors de soi

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hackles [ˈhæklz] npl to make sb's hackles rise (fig) → jdn auf die Palme bringen (inf)

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

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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, niskasulat 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 목덜미 (깃)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 (狗等)頸背部豎起的毛 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