hackle up

verb

To have one's hackles raised; to become annoyed or frightened.

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Meanings

verbhackle up (third-person singular simple present hackles up, present participle hackling up, simple past and past participle hackled up)

present singular third person hackles up · participle present hackling up · participle past hackled up · past hackled up

  1. informalintransitiveTo have one's hackles raised; to become annoyed or frightened.
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hackle up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hackle%20up

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hackle up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hackle%20up.

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