hackles

Definition of Hackles in English :

1. dander, hackles

a feeling of anger and animosity

Example Sentences:
'having one's hackles or dander up'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hackles

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)

n.

1. Any of the long, slender, often glossy feathers on the neck of a bird, especially a male fowl.

2. hackles The erectile hairs along the back of the neck of an animal, especially of a dog.

3. A feather, usually from the neck of a chicken, used in trimming a fishing fly.

tr.v. hack·led, hack·ling, hack·les

To trim (an artificial fishing fly) with a hackle.

v. hack·led, hack·ling, hack·les

v.tr.

To chop roughly; mangle by hacking.

v.intr.

To hack.