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

1 sense of hackles

Sense 1
dander, hackles -- (a feeling of anger and animosity; "having one's hackles or dander up")
       => anger, choler, ire -- (a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance)

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")