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| bristling | |
| 1. adj. Having bristles. |  |
| 2. adj. Showing anger. | |
| 3. n. The act of one who bristles. | |
| bristle | |
| 1. n. A stiff or coarse hair. | |
| the bristles of a pig | |
| 2. n. The hair or straws that make up a brush, broom, or similar item. | |
| 3. v. To rise or stand erect, like bristles. | |
| 4. v. To appear as if covered with bristles; to have standing, thick and erect, like bristles. | |
| 5. v. To be on one's guard or raise one's defenses; to react with fear, suspicion, or distance. | |
| The employees bristled at the prospect of working through the holidays. | |
| 6. v. To fix a bristle to. | |
| to bristle a thread | |
