hackle

Meaning of hackle

noun
  1. An instrument with steel pins used to comb out flax or hemp.
  2. (usually now in the plural) One of the long, narrow feathers on the neck of birds, most noticeable on the rooster.
  3. A feather used to make a fishing lure or a fishing lure incorporating a feather.
  4. (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.
    When the dog got angry, his hackles rose and he growled.
  5. A plate with rows of pointed needles used to blend or straighten hair.
  6. A feather plume on some soldier's uniforms, especially the hat or helmet.
  7. Any flimsy substance unspun, such as raw silk.
verb
  1. To dress (flax or hemp) with a hackle; to prepare fibres of flax or hemp for spinning.
  2. To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel.
  3. To tear asunder; to break into pieces.

Information about hackle

  • The plural form of hackle is: hackles.
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Hyphenation of hackle

hackle

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • hackle is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

hackle synonyms

Meaning heckle:

heckle, hatchel

Meaning :

panache, plume

Anagrams of hackle

lekach

Words that rhyme with hackle

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