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hackles up

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.19 in modern English

Syllables
hack-les up
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of hackle up

Questions

What does hackles up mean?
third-person singular simple present indicative of hackle up

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