bristle

Universal Words noun, verb noun 1 a short stiff hair: the bristles on his chin 2 one of the short stiff hairs or wires in a brush verb [V] 1 ~ (with sth) (at sth) to suddenly become very annoyed or offended at what sb says or does: His lies made her bristle with rage. 2 (of an animal's fur) to stand up on the back and neck because the animal is frightened or angry PHRASALVERBS bristle with sth (written) to contain a large number of sth: The whole subject bristles with problems. * The newspapers bristled with tributes to the general.