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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : bris-uh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbrɪs əl



Definition of bristle

Origin :
  • Old English byrst "bristle," with metathesis of -r-, from Proto-Germanic *bursti- (cf. Middle Dutch borstel, German borste), from PIE *bhrsti- from root *bhars- "point, bristle" (cf. Sanskrit bhrstih "point, spike"). With -el, diminutive suffix.
  • noun short, prickly hair
  • verb become upset, excited
Example sentences :
  • Pete bristled—as much as a fat man could bristle on so hot a day.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • How was he to know that this thing that sniffed was a thing at which to bristle?
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • The whole place, behind the fence, appeared to bristle and resound.
  • Extract from : « Pandora » by Henry James
  • The mane on his back began to bristle, and I knew that I had but a small second in which to act.
  • Extract from : « Wood Folk at School » by William J. Long
  • Hill began to bristle and to look around in search of the one who had spoken.
  • Extract from : « Owen Clancy's Happy Trail » by Burt L. Standish
  • Unless he does this, the South will bristle with bayonets in vain.
  • Extract from : « The Clansman » by Thomas Dixon
  • The hempen string began to bristle like the hair of one electrified.
  • Extract from : « True to His Home » by Hezekiah Butterworth
  • A statement which seems to me now not to bristle with logic.
  • Extract from : « Friendship Village » by Zona Gale
  • I push on the end of the hog's bristle, which continues to invest the polype.
  • Extract from : « Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children » by W. Houghton
  • It is not a text-book, nor does it bristle with technical terms.
  • Extract from : « English as She is Wrote » by Anonymous

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