Having one's hackles or dander up. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Long, thin hackles are best: They move easily in the water and don't impede your casting. From Wordnik.com. [Field & Stream Tip: How to Tie a Bucktail Plug] Reference
Like I said, that was just my impression at the time and it didn't raise any of my "hackles," or "heckles.". From Wordnik.com. [Cesc Fábregas risking his and Arsenal's reputation with petty battles | Dominic Fifield] Reference
'hackles' up, and waiting for the enemy with an ominous growl. From Wordnik.com. [The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911] Reference
It should get everybody in America, their hackles up. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 16, 2008] Reference
MILBANK: And part of it is it gets our hackles up a bit. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 22, 2004] Reference
The consequences include raised hackles just about everywhere. From Wordnik.com. [Keeper Of The Conscience] Reference
VERJEE: One verse in particular is raising eyebrows, even hackles. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 10, 2005] Reference
Talk of nationalizing banks has already raised hackles on Wall Street. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 3, 2009] Reference
A routine inspection in the Persian Gulf raises international hackles. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 23, 2007] Reference
A year ago, when the book was first published, that raised few hackles. From Wordnik.com. [Misunderstanding Islam] Reference
I been through de hackles en I can 'think of nothin like I used to could. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1] Reference
To be sure, not every instance of "just kidding" should raise our hackles. From Wordnik.com. [Rachel Simmons: No Offence, But I Was Just Kidding: Dealing With Mean Jokes] Reference
There I was drug through the hackles by the meanest master that ever lived. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives] Reference
But it's her planned stop in Syria that is raising hackles at the White House. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 31, 2007] Reference
Logwood dyes lilac, or pink; to turn red hackles brown, boil them in copperas. From Wordnik.com. [The Teesdale Angler] Reference
Gratian's obtaining his good-will for ever, for he sent him some choice hackles. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847] Reference
The summary didn't use the word "substantially," which can raise hackles in Beijing. From Wordnik.com. [IMF Review Calls Yuan Undervalued] Reference
She raised her hackles (all the feathers down her neck) and actually looked like acobra. From Wordnik.com. [The Chicken Chronicles] Reference
But say the word "fertilizer" to an organic gardener and you'll usually raise their hackles. From Wordnik.com. [Organic Gardener's Composting] Reference
Security hackles goes up after strange stuff starts showing up in checked and carry-on bags. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 25, 2007] Reference
It also makes the public uncomfortable and raises the hackles of animal rights organisations. From Wordnik.com. [Genetic modification: glow-in-the-dark lifesavers or mutant freaks?] Reference
WMATA raised the hackles of many riders when it announced SmarTrips would no longer go negative. From Wordnik.com. [WMATA's options on SmarTrip negative balances] Reference
COX: You have written a book that I'm sure would raise the hackles on some people in the academy. From Wordnik.com. [Op-Ed: 'Higher Education' Is A Waste Of Money] Reference
You might think the opportunity of making easy money in your pajamas would get anyone's hackles up. From Wordnik.com. [Twelve Nasty Work-From-Home Scams] Reference
That raised such hackles that they dropped it this week, but not before Bush's opponents had a heyday. From Wordnik.com. [West Wing Story: His Mind On Education] Reference
Even if said person is a baby not yet able to say anything in words, my hackles raise, my shields go up. From Wordnik.com. [Brian Gresko: When Baby Starts Testing Limits, Daddy Tries Discipline] Reference
That's why hackles are up over a report that Hezbollah may have trained members of the Shiite militia in Iraq. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 29, 2006] Reference
What really raises Dagestani's hackles, though, is the lack of jobs for Iraqi workers, especially skilled ones. From Wordnik.com. [The $87 Billion Money Pit] Reference
But it is certainly something to raise the hackles of taxpayers, who have to pay for this unnecessary interchange. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 7, 2007] Reference
We are animals by nature, and those hackles that rise up along the back of your neck are telling you something real. From Wordnik.com. [Bruce Northam: Eat Pray Love, and Be Cautious] Reference
The notion that the government should invest more in mass-transit infrastructure has always raised conservative hackles. From Wordnik.com. [Gilded Highways] Reference
Lindzen may raise his colleagues 'hackles by criticizing their science, but when it comes to politics, he strikes a chord. From Wordnik.com. [The Truth About Global Warming] Reference
But the notion of extending the government's network monitoring to the nation's critical infrastructure has raised hackles. From Wordnik.com. [Behind ‘Project 12’] Reference
The non-French tend to respond in almost Pavlovian fashion, raising their hackles at the slightest whiff of Gallic arrogance. From Wordnik.com. [France Blows It Again] Reference
In France, where plans to bury waste in rural areas raised similar hackles, the response has been to change the conversation. From Wordnik.com. [Solving ‘Fission Impossible’] Reference
Let's not forget, the left wings in Congress are started to raise hackles about the Obama administration's policy there as well. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 20, 2009] Reference
The piece raised hackles among American futurists who crave the opportunity to point out how sorely misunderstood their profession is. From Wordnik.com. [Futurism--The Trendiest Profession] Reference
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