hackleshack‧les /ˈhækəlz/ noun [plural] 
Laura heard his remark, and felt her hackles rising.raise somebody’s hackles (=make someone angry) His tactless remarks were enough to raise anyone’s hackles.2the long feathers or hairs on the back of the neck of some animals and birds, which stand up straight when they are frightened or ready to fight
WORD ORIGINhackles
Origin:
1400-1500 Probably from an unrecorded Old English hacule ‘small hook’EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- Both sexes may erect hackles on neck when alarmed, to form prominent whiskers.
- But something has happened to raise our hackles.
- I think documenting would only get his hackles raised further.
- In the United States, the mere idea raises hackles.
- She felt defensive hackles rise on the back of her neck.
- The script fits Steve Forbes, whose self-financed run for the Republican presidential nomination is raising hopes and hackles.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
1somebody’s hackles rise if someone’s hackles rise, they begin to feel very angry, because someone’s behaviour or attitude offends them: (=make someone angry) His tactless remarks were enough to raise anyone’s hackles.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB His tactless remarks were enough to raise anyone’s hackles.· In the United States, the mere idea raises hackles.· The script fits Steve Forbes, whose self-financed run for the Republican presidential nomination is raising hopes and hackles.· But something has happened to raise our hackles.· Most pets can not even raise their hackles in anger as their hair is too long.
Laura heard his remark, and felt her hackles rising.raise somebody’s hackles (=make someone angry) His tactless remarks were enough to raise anyone’s hackles.2the long feathers or hairs on the back of the neck of some animals and birds, which stand up straight when they are frightened or ready to fight