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.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is bristle a noun, verb, or something else?
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