raise some hackles

: to cause or help to rise to a standing position

: awaken, arouse

: to stir up : incite

: an act of raising or lifting

: a rising stretch of road : an upward grade : rise

: an increase in amount: such as

: being an unknown, undetermined, or unspecified unit or thing

: being one, a part, or an unspecified number of something (such as a class or group) named or implied

: being of an unspecified amount or number

: one indeterminate quantity, portion, or number as distinguished from the rest

: an indefinite additional amount

: about

: in some degree : somewhat

: to some degree or extent : a little

: characterized by a (specified) thing, quality, state, or action

: group of (so many) members and especially persons

: body

: chromosome

: one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird

: the neck plumage of the domestic fowl

: a comb or board with long metal teeth for dressing flax, hemp, or jute

: to comb out with a hackle