hackle
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Is hackle a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (usually now in the plural) One of the long, narrow feathers on the neck of birds, most noticeable on the rooster.countablein-pluraluncountableusually
2. (fishing) A feather used to make a fishing lure or a fishing lure incorporating a feather.countableuncountable
3. (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.Examples: "When the dog got angry, his hackles rose and he growled."; "Suppose it happened to be the case that the majority of individuals raised their hackles only when they were truly intending to go on for a very long time in the war of attrition. The obvious counterploy would evolve: individuals would give up immediately when an opponent raised his hackles."countablein-pluraluncountableusually
4. (uncountable, slang) Pluck; courage or energy.Examples: ""COME ALONG YE GRASS-COMBERS, SHOW some hackle," David Ingram, striding ahead, turned back and called."slanguncountable
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel.transitive
2. (archaic, transitive) To tear asunder; to break into pieces.Examples: "the other divisions of the kingdom being hackled and torn to pieces"archaictransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary