Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hackle

1 sense of hackle

Sense 1
hackle -- (long slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasants)
       => feather, plume, plumage -- (the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb hackle

1 sense of hackle

Sense 1
heckle, hackle, hatchel -- (comb with a heckle; "heckle hemp or flax")
       => comb -- (straighten with a comb; "comb your hair")