Hackles

Word HACKLES
Character 7
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˈhækəlz/

Definitions and meanings of "Hackles"

What do we mean by hackles?

An instrument with steel pins used to comb out flax or hemp.

(usually now in the plural) One of the long, narrow feathers on the neck of birds, most noticeable on the rooster.

A feather used to make a fishing lure or a fishing lure incorporating a feather.

(usually now in the plural) By extension (because the hackles of a rooster are lifted when it is angry), the hair on the nape of the neck in dogs and other animals; also used figuratively for humans.

A plate with rows of pointed needles used to blend or straighten hair.

A feather plume on some soldier's uniforms, especially the hat or helmet.

Any flimsy substance unspun, such as raw silk.

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The word "hackles" in example sentences

Lots of times, gals get in hackles about voluptuous panty-flashing video game vixens and the game camera's decadent worship of their rendered flesh. ❋ SVGL (2008)

Long, thin hackles are best: They move easily in the water and don't impede your casting. ❋ Unknown (2007)

What really raises Madison Avenue’s hackles is the potential for Google to become Universal Advertising Inc.: a sprawling presence that brokers highly targeted ads across all media. ❋ Unknown (2007)

What raises my hackles about this post -- and, mind you, my hackles are my responsibility, not yours -- is its (wholly unintentional) echo of part of the bizarrely illogical conception of the Jews by Christian propagandists. ❋ Hal Duncan (2006)

Like I said, that was just my impression at the time and it didn't raise any of my "hackles," or "heckles." ❋ Unknown (2011)

'hackles' up, and waiting for the enemy with an ominous growl. ❋ Various (1899)

The Obama administration's recently posted rule requiring the health insurance plans of Catholic universities and charities to offer free birth control information and services to women has raised the hackles of the Catholic Church. ❋ Terence Clarke (2012)

Back in 1999 when Thomas Keller's "French Laundry Cookbook" came out with fiendishly difficult recipes, he raised hackles by asserting that cooking is not about shortcuts. ❋ Moira Hodgson (2011)

Second, Chinese official aid to unsavory governments in order to lubricate OFDI contracts raises governance and humanitarian concerns and, therefore, hackles among developed country governments. ❋ Stephen (2010)

This raised my hackles, because I wasvictim of incest. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Perry's flirtation with birtherism will also likely raise the hackles of some in the GOP party establishment read: donors who already harbor doubts about his readiness to represent the party against Obama next fall. ❋ Dorian De Wind (2011)

The contradiction to this upbringing, this conditioning, is not living with raised hackles but, instead, living with complete awareness of what's going down AND assuming your ability to enact change around you, in every instant. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Now, however, the statue is raising hackles among the city's business and financial establishment. ❋ Christina Passariello (2011)

This isn't unusual; in every tight knit community hackles go up at a moment's notice, and often stay there. ❋ Martin Johnson (2011)

A menacing growl came from the shadows, and the little dog appears, not seeming quite so little with its hackles raised and its teeth glinting in the light of the moon. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And in twenty minutes, a long and lanky 80 pound gray wolf with black hackles stepped out of the timber below, looking for the source of the calling. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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