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- [hak-uh l]
- /ˈhæk əl/
- /ˈhæk.l̩z/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hak-uh l]
- /ˈhæk əl/
Definitions of hackles word
- noun hackles one of the long, slender feathers on the neck or saddle of certain birds, as the domestic rooster, much used in making artificial flies for anglers. 1
- noun hackles the neck plumage of a male bird, as the domestic rooster. 1
- noun hackles hackles. the erectile hair on the back of an animal's neck: At the sound of footsteps, the dog raised her hackles. anger, especially when aroused in a challenging or challenged manner: with one's hackles up. 1
- noun hackles Angling. the legs of an artificial fly made with feathers from the neck or saddle of a rooster or other such bird. hackle fly. 1
- noun hackles a comb for dressing flax or hemp. 1
- verb with object hackles to cut roughly; hack; mangle. 1
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Origin of hackles
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English hakell; see heckle
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Parts of speech for Hackles
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hackles popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hackles
verb hackles
- splinter — a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- chop — If you chop something, you cut it into pieces with strong downward movements of a knife or an axe.
- nick — Old Nick.
- crack — If something hard cracks, or if you crack it, it becomes slightly damaged, with lines appearing on its surface.
- hack — to place (something) on a hack, as for drying or feeding.
noun hackles
- mutilate — to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts: Vandals mutilated the painting.
- lacerate — to tear roughly; mangle: The barbed wire lacerated his hands.
- chops — the jaws or cheeks; jowls
- clips — C Language Integrated Production System
- fells — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fell.
Antonyms for hackles
verb hackles
- mend — to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing: to mend old clothes; to mend a broken toy.
- combine — If you combine two or more things or if they combine, they exist together.
- put together — assemble
- increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- fix — to repair; mend.
Top questions with hackles
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