ALL meanings of raise one's hackles
hack·le
R r - noun raise one's 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 raise one's hackles the neck plumage of a male bird, as the domestic rooster. 1
- noun raise one's 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 raise one's 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 raise one's hackles a comb for dressing flax or hemp. 1
- verb with object raise one's hackles Angling. to equip with a hackle. 1
- verb with object raise one's hackles to comb, as flax or hemp. 1
- idioms raise one's hackles raise one's hackles, to arouse one's anger: Such officiousness always raises my hackles. 1