bristle

[Bris·tle]

A bristle is a stiff hair the kind men shave off their face or the kind badgers have all over. Bristle also means to get angry. Tell an animal rights activist you use a badger's bristle shaving brush and you'll get the idea.

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A short, stiff, coarse hair, as on the back of swine.

Noun
a stiff hair

Noun
a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic

Verb
rise up as in fear; "The dog''s fur bristled"; "It was a sight to make one''s hair uprise!"

Verb
be in a state of movement or action; "The room abounded with screaming children"; "The garden bristled with toddlers"

n.
A short, stiff, coarse hair, as on the back of swine.

n.
A stiff, sharp, roundish hair.

v. t.
To erect the bristles of; to cause to stand up, as the bristles of an angry hog; -- sometimes with up.

v. t.
To fix a bristle to; as, to bristle a thread.

v. i.
To rise or stand erect, like bristles.

v. i.
To appear as if covered with bristles; to have standing, thick and erect, like bristles.

v. i.
To show defiance or indignation.

Bristle

Bris"tle , n. [OE. bristel, brustel, AS. bristl, byrst; akin to D. borstel, OHG. burst, G. borste, Icel. burst, Sw. borst, and to Skr. bhshti edge, point, and prob, L. fastigium extremity, Gr. stern of a ship, and E. brush, burr, perh. to brad. &root;96.] 1. A short, stiff, coarse hair, as on the back of swine. 2. (Bot.) A stiff, sharp, roundish hair. Gray.

Bristle

Bris"tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bristled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Bristling .] 1. To erect the bristles of; to cause to stand up, as the bristles of an angry hog; -- sometimes with up.
Now for the bare-picked bone of majesty Doth dogged war bristle his angry crest.
Boy, bristle thy courage up.
2. To fix a bristle to; as, to bristle a thread.

Bristle

Bris"tle, v. i. 1. To rise or stand erect, like bristles.
His hair did bristle upon his head.
2. To appear as if covered with bristles; to have standing, thick and erect, like bristles.
The hill of La Haye Sainte bristling with ten thousand bayonets.
Ports bristling with thousands of masts.
3. To show deflance or indignation. To bristle up, to show anger or deflance.

A short, stiff, coarse hair, as on the back of swine.

To erect the bristles of; to cause to stand up, as the bristles of an angry hog; -- sometimes with up.

To rise or stand erect, like bristles.

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Usage Examples

Most atheists bristle at the thought that atheism has anything to do with faith, but not Penn Jillette.

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