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hackles

/ ˈhækəlz /

plural noun

  1. 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 )

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Idioms and Phrases

see raise someone's hackles.

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