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hackle1hack·le 1 H0005200 (hăk′əl)n.1. Any of the long, slender, often glossy feathers on the neck of a bird, especially a male fowl.2. hackles The erectile hairs along the back of the neck of an animal, especially of a dog.3. A feather, usually from the neck of a chicken, used in trimming a fishing 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. [Middle English hakell, cloak, skin, plumage, possibly from Old English hacele, cloak, mantle.]
hack·le 2 H0005200 (hăk′əl)v. hack·led, hack·ling, hack·les v.tr. To chop roughly; mangle by hacking.v.intr. To hack. [Frequentative of hack.]hackle (ˈhækəl) n1. (Zoology) any of the long slender feathers on the necks of poultry and other birds2. (Angling) angling a. parts of an artificial fly made from hackle feathers, representing the legs and sometimes the wings of a real flyb. short for hackle fly3. (Military) a feathered ornament worn in the headdress of some British regiments4. (Tools) a steel flax combvb (tr) (Tools) to comb (flax) using a hackle[C15: hakell, probably from Old English; variant of heckle; see hatchel] ˈhackler nhack•le1 (ˈhæk əl) n., v. -led, -ling. n. 1. the neck plumage of a male bird, as the domestic rooster. 2. hackles, a. the erectile hair on the back of an animal's neck. b. anger, esp. when aroused in a challenging or challenged manner: with one's hackles up. 3. Angling. a. the legs of an artificial fly made with feathers from the neck or saddle of a rooster or other such bird. b. one of the feathers in such a fly. 4. a comb for dressing flax or hemp. v.t. 5. to comb, as flax or hemp. Idioms: raise one's hackles, to arouse one's anger. [1400–50; late Middle English hakell; see heckle] hack′ler, n. hack•le2 (ˈhæk əl) v.t. -led, -ling. to cut roughly; hack; mangle. [1570–80; hack1 + -le; c. Middle Dutch hakkelen] hack·le (hăk′əl)1. One of the long, slender, often glossy feathers on the neck of a bird, especially a rooster.2. hackles The hairs along the back of the neck of an animal, especially a dog, that can stand out and bristle in displaying aggression or fear.hackle Past participle: hackled Gerund: hackling
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I hackle | you hackle | he/she/it hackles | we hackle | you hackle | they hackle |
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I hackled | you hackled | he/she/it hackled | we hackled | you hackled | they hackled |
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I am hackling | you are hackling | he/she/it is hackling | we are hackling | you are hackling | they are hackling |
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I have hackled | you have hackled | he/she/it has hackled | we have hackled | you have hackled | they have hackled |
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I was hackling | you were hackling | he/she/it was hackling | we were hackling | you were hackling | they were hackling |
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I had hackled | you had hackled | he/she/it had hackled | we had hackled | you had hackled | they had hackled |
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I will hackle | you will hackle | he/she/it will hackle | we will hackle | you will hackle | they will hackle |
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I will have hackled | you will have hackled | he/she/it will have hackled | we will have hackled | you will have hackled | they will have hackled |
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I will be hackling | you will be hackling | he/she/it will be hackling | we will be hackling | you will be hackling | they will be hackling |
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I have been hackling | you have been hackling | he/she/it has been hackling | we have been hackling | you have been hackling | they have been hackling |
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I will have been hackling | you will have been hackling | he/she/it will have been hackling | we will have been hackling | you will have been hackling | they will have been hackling |
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I had been hackling | you had been hackling | he/she/it had been hackling | we had been hackling | you had been hackling | they had been hackling |
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I would hackle | you would hackle | he/she/it would hackle | we would hackle | you would hackle | they would hackle |
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I would have hackled | you would have hackled | he/she/it would have hackled | we would have hackled | you would have hackled | they would have hackled | ThesaurusNoun | 1. | hackle - long slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasantsfeather, plumage, plume - the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birdssaddle feather, saddle hackle - a long narrow feather on the back (saddle) of a domestic fowl | Verb | 1. | hackle - comb with a heckle; "heckle hemp or flax"hatchel, hecklecomb - straighten with a comb; "comb your hair" | Translationsmosca artificiale con pennemunire di pennepelo del collo [di gatto]penne lunghe del collopettinarehackle
get (one's) hackles upTo become or cause to become angry, hostile, defensive, or irritable. John got his hackles up when his parents brought up the subject of college. Election season always gets my dad's hackles up.See also: get, hackle, upmake (someone's) hackles riseTo greatly irritate, annoy, or aggravate someone. The disrespect he showed our professor during class made my hackles rise so badly that I had to go take a walk to calm down. The politician has a gift for making his opponents' hackles rise during debates.See also: hackle, make, riseraise (one's) hacklesTo greatly irritate, annoy, or aggravate one. The disrespect he showed our professor during class raised my hackles so badly that I had to go take a walk to calm down. The politician has a gift for raising his opponents' hackles during debates.See also: hackle, raise(one's) hackles riseOne becomes greatly irritated, annoyed, or aggravated. The disrespect he showed our professor during class made my hackles rise so badly that I had to go take a walk to calm down. I could see her hackles rising at the suggestion of reducing her hours at work.See also: hackle, riseget someone's dander up and get someone's back up; get someone's hackles up; get someone's Irish up; put someone's back upFig. to make someone get angry. (Fixed order.) Now, don't get your dander up. Calm down. I insulted him and really got his hackles up. Bob had his Irish up all day yesterday. I don't know what was wrong. Now, now, don't get your back up. I didn't mean any harm.See also: dander, get, upraise one's hacklesMake one very angry, as in That really raised my hackles when he pitched straight at the batter's head. Hackles are the hairs on the back of an animal's neck, which stick up when the animal feels fearful or angry. [Late 1800s] See also: hackle, raiseraise someone's hackles COMMON If something raises your hackles, it makes you angry. The taxes will be designed not to raise voters' hackles too much. Note: You can also say that something raises hackles if it makes people angry. Certainly Smedley's pay packet of $1 million-plus would have raised a few hackles among the medical profession. Note: When something makes you angry or annoyed, you can say that your hackles rise. My hackles rose when I read his letter. Note: `Hackles' are feathers on the necks of cockerels and some other birds. They rise up when the bird becomes aggressive. See also: hackle, raisemake someone's hackles rise make someone angry or indignant. Hackles are the long feathers on the neck of a fighting cock or the hairs on the top of a dog's neck, which are raised when the animal is angry or excited.See also: hackle, make, riseyour, his, etc. ˈhackles rise become angry: Ben felt his hackles rise as the speaker continued.See also: hackle, risemake somebody’s ˈhackles rise, raise ˈhackles make somebody angry: He really makes my hackles rise, that man. He’s so rude to everybody. ♢ Her remarks certainly raised hackles. Hackles are the hairs on the back of a dog’s neck that rise when it is angry or excited.See also: hackle, make, rise get (one's) hackles up To be extremely insulted or irritated.See also: get, hackle, upraise one's hackles, toTo arouse one’s anger. The hackles are the hair on the back of an animal’s neck that sticks straight up with excitement, fear, or other strong emotion. “With the hackles up,” meaning on the point of fighting, was transferred to humans in the late nineteenth century. “I almost saw the hackles of a good old squire rise,” wrote Edward Pennell-Elmhirst (The Cream of Leicestershire, 1883). See also: raisehackle
hackle[′hak·əl] (textiles) A board studded with long, thin wire brushes and used for hackling. hackle
hackle (hăk′əl)n.1. Any of the long, slender, often glossy feathers on the neck of a bird, especially a male fowl.2. hackles The erectile hairs along the back of the neck of an animal, especially of a dog. See hacklehackle
Synonyms for hacklenoun long slender feather on the necks of eRelated Words- feather
- plumage
- plume
- saddle feather
- saddle hackle
verb comb with a heckleSynonymsRelated Words |