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Definition of Bristle
1. Verb. Be in a state of movement or action. "The streets bristle with crowds"; "The garden bristled with toddlers"
2. Noun. A stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic.
3. Verb. Rise up as in fear. "It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!"
4. Noun. A stiff hair.
5. Verb. Have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles. "Bristling leaves"
6. Verb. React in an offended or angry manner. "He bristled at her suggestion that he should teach her how to use the program"
Definition of Bristle
1. n. A short, stiff, coarse hair, as on the back of swine.
2. v. t. To erect the bristles of; to cause to stand up, as the bristles of an angry hog; -- sometimes with up.
3. v. i. To rise or stand erect, like bristles.
Definition of Bristle
1. Noun. A stiff or coarse hair. ¹
2. Noun. The hair or straws that make up a brush, broom, or similar item. ¹
3. Noun. (slang) A humorous misspelling of Bristol, in imitation of the local dialect in the English city of that name, ¹
4. Verb. To be on one's guard or raise one's defenses; to react with fear, suspicion, or distance. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bristle
1. to rise stiffly [v -TLED, -TLING, -TLES]
Medical Definition of Bristle
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