bristle
/ˈbɹɪsəl/ noun C1- A stiff or coarse hair on a nonhuman mammal or on a plant. · the bristles of a pig
- A chaeta: an analogous filament on arthropods, annelids, or other animals.
- The hairs or other filaments that make up a brush, broom, or similar item, typically made from plant cellulose, animal hairs, or synthetic polymers.
Plural bristles
From the library
At last--and Mother Wolf’s neck bristles lifted as the time came--Father Wolf pushed “Mowgli the Frog,” as they called him, into the center, where he sat laughing and playing with some pebbles that glistened in the moonlight.
“They tell me,” Shere Khan would say, “that at Council ye dare not look him between the eyes.” And the young wolves would growl and bristle.
the next word is ‘pig’s-bristles.’ We are undone, my good Watson!
Other matches
Learn bristle in real texts
With a free account, hover any word in the library for its meaning, hear it read aloud, save words for review timed to your memory, and see how much of each book you already know.