Synonyms for hackle
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : hak-uh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæk əl |
Top 10 synonyms for hackle Other synonyms for the word hackle
- absterge
- adjust
- axe
- bath
- blot
- break
- card
- cauterize
- chisel
- chop
- clarify
- clear the decks
- clip
- crack off
- crumble
- curry
- cut away
- cut off
- damage
- deodorize
- depurate
- deterge
- dice
- disentangle
- do up
- dress
- dust
- edulcorate
- elutriate
- erase
- expunge
- expurgate
- fell
- flake
- flush
- fragment
- gash
- groom
- hack
- hackle
- hash
- hatchel
- hew
- incise
- lacerate
- launder
- lave
- lay smooth
- lop
- mangle
- mince
- mop
- mutilate
- neaten
- nick
- notch
- pick
- pick up
- polish
- purge
- purify
- rake
- rasp
- refine
- rinse
- rout out
- sanitize
- scald
- scour
- scrape
- scrub
- separate
- sever
- shake out
- shampoo
- shape
- shear
- slash
- slice
- sliver
- smooth
- snick
- snip
- soak
- soap
- sort
- splinter
- split
- sponge
- spruce up
- sterilize
- straighten
- straighten up
- swab
- sweep
- tease
- tidy up
- truncate
- untangle
- vacuum
- wash
- whack
- whisk
- whittle
- winnow
- wipe
Définition of hackle
Origin :- Old English hacele "cloak, mantle" (cf. Old High German hachul, Gothic hakuls "cloak;" Old Norse hekla "hooded frock"). Sense of "bird plumage" is first recorded early 15c., though this might be from unrelated Middle English hackle "flax comb" (see heckle (n.)) on supposed resemblance of comb to ruffled feathers. Metaphoric extension found in raise one's hackles (as a cock does when angry) is first recorded 1881.
- As in hack : noun cut without care
- As in chip : verb knock a piece out of
- As in chop : verb cut up with tool
- As in clean : verb make undirty, uncluttered
- As in comb : verb arrange hair
- There too is the hackle which is the old device of the De Brays.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- After the first hackle, called a ruffler, six other finer hackles were often used.
- Extract from : « Home Life in Colonial Days » by Alice Morse Earle
- Kills well with hackle when the water is slightly discoloured.
- Extract from : « The Teesdale Angler » by R Lakeland
- The hackle was a board with long, sharp steel teeth set in it.
- Extract from : « The Wonder Book of Knowledge » by Various
- The body and hackle, when put on, should therefore appear as shown in Fig. 14.
- Extract from : « Old Flies in New Dresses » by Charles Edward Walker
- The longest fibres of the hackle must be of the same length as the hook.
- Extract from : « Old Flies in New Dresses » by Charles Edward Walker
- Be sure that the hackle is tied on edgewise with the shiny side to the front.
- Extract from : « How to Tie Flies » by E. C. Gregg
- Wind the hackle spirally around the body and tie off the butt, Fig. 12.
- Extract from : « How to Tie Flies » by E. C. Gregg
- But here the hackle is much more important than on the wet fly.
- Extract from : « How to Tie Flies » by E. C. Gregg
- She could not get into any trouble if she stayed on Hackle Island, declared Darry.
- Extract from : « The Campfire Girls on Station Island » by Margaret Penrose
Antonyms for hackle
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