hackler
hackle1
hack·le 1
(hăk′əl)n.
1. Any of the long, slender, often glossy feathers on the neck of a bird, especially a male fowl.
2. hackles The erectile hairs along the back of the neck of an animal, especially of a dog.
3. A feather, usually from the neck of a chicken, used in trimming a fishing fly.
tr.v. hack·led, hack·ling, hack·les
To trim (an artificial fishing fly) with a hackle.
get (one's) hackles up
To be extremely insulted or irritated.
[Middle English hakell, cloak, skin, plumage, possibly from Old English hacele, cloak, mantle.]
hack·le 2
(hăk′əl)v. hack·led, hack·ling, hack·les
v.tr.
To chop roughly; mangle by hacking.
[Frequentative of hack.]
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hackle
(ˈhækəl)n
1. (Zoology) any of the long slender feathers on the necks of poultry and other birds
2. (Angling) angling
a. parts of an artificial fly made from hackle feathers, representing the legs and sometimes the wings of a real fly
3. (Military) a feathered ornament worn in the headdress of some British regiments
4. (Tools) a steel flax comb
vb (tr)
(Tools) to comb (flax) using a hackle
[C15: hakell, probably from Old English; variant of heckle; see hatchel]
ˈhackler n
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hack•le1
(ˈhæk əl)n., v. -led, -ling. n.
1. the neck plumage of a male bird, as the domestic rooster.
2. hackles,
a. the erectile hair on the back of an animal's neck.
b. anger, esp. when aroused in a challenging or challenged manner: with one's hackles up.
3. Angling.
a. the legs of an artificial fly made with feathers from the neck or saddle of a rooster or other such bird.
b. one of the feathers in such a fly.
4. a comb for dressing flax or hemp.
v.t.5. to comb, as flax or hemp.
Idioms:raise one's hackles, to arouse one's anger.
[1400–50; late Middle English hakell; see heckle]
hack′ler, n.
hack•le2
(ˈhæk əl)v.t. -led, -ling.
to cut roughly; hack; mangle.
[1570–80; hack1 + -le; c. Middle Dutch hakkelen]
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hack·le
(hăk′əl)1. One of the long, slender, often glossy feathers on the neck of a bird, especially a rooster.
2. hackles The hairs along the back of the neck of an animal, especially a dog, that can stand out and bristle in displaying aggression or fear.
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hackle
Past participle: hackled
Gerund: hackling
| Imperative |
|---|
| hackle |
| hackle |
| Present |
|---|
| I hackle |
| you hackle |
| he/she/it hackles |
| we hackle |
| you hackle |
| they hackle |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I hackled |
| you hackled |
| he/she/it hackled |
| we hackled |
| you hackled |
| they hackled |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am hackling |
| you are hackling |
| he/she/it is hackling |
| we are hackling |
| you are hackling |
| they are hackling |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have hackled |
| you have hackled |
| he/she/it has hackled |
| we have hackled |
| you have hackled |
| they have hackled |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was hackling |
| you were hackling |
| he/she/it was hackling |
| we were hackling |
| you were hackling |
| they were hackling |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had hackled |
| you had hackled |
| he/she/it had hackled |
| we had hackled |
| you had hackled |
| they had hackled |
| Future |
|---|
| I will hackle |
| you will hackle |
| he/she/it will hackle |
| we will hackle |
| you will hackle |
| they will hackle |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have hackled |
| you will have hackled |
| he/she/it will have hackled |
| we will have hackled |
| you will have hackled |
| they will have hackled |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be hackling |
| you will be hackling |
| he/she/it will be hackling |
| we will be hackling |
| you will be hackling |
| they will be hackling |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been hackling |
| you have been hackling |
| he/she/it has been hackling |
| we have been hackling |
| you have been hackling |
| they have been hackling |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been hackling |
| you will have been hackling |
| he/she/it will have been hackling |
| we will have been hackling |
| you will have been hackling |
| they will have been hackling |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been hackling |
| you had been hackling |
| he/she/it had been hackling |
| we had been hackling |
| you had been hackling |
| they had been hackling |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would hackle |
| you would hackle |
| he/she/it would hackle |
| we would hackle |
| you would hackle |
| they would hackle |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have hackled |
| you would have hackled |
| he/she/it would have hackled |
| we would have hackled |
| you would have hackled |
| they would have hackled |
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