meaning of bristles
1. A short, stiff, coarse hair, as on the back of swine.
2. A stiff, sharp, roundish hair.
3. To erect the bristles of; to cause to stand up, as the bristles of an angry hog; -- sometimes with up.
4. To fix a bristle to; as, to bristle a thread.
5. To rise or stand erect, like bristles.
6. To appear as if covered with bristles; to have standing, thick and erect, like bristles.
7. To show defiance or indignation.
Related Words
bristle | bristle-pointed | bristle-shaped | bristled | bristletail | bristliness | bristling | bristly |
