bristle

One entry found for bristle.

Main Entry: ²bristle
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): bris·tled; bris·tling /'bris-li[ng], 'bri-s&-/
transitive verb
1 : to furnish with bristles
2 : to make bristly : RUFFLE
intransitive verb
1 a : to rise and stand stiffly erect <quills bristling> b : to raise the bristles (as in anger)
2 : to take on an aggressively defensive attitude (as in response to a slight or criticism) <he bristled at the accusations of corruption>
3 a : to be full of or covered with especially something suggestive of bristles <roofs bristled with chimneys> b : to be full of something specified <book bristles with detail and irony -- W. J. Broad>