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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 )


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see raise someone's hackles .

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