Usually means: Feathers on neck; raised anger.
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  1. hackles: Merriam-Webster
  2. hackles, hackles: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hackles: Collins English Dictionary
  4. hackles: Vocabulary.com
  5. Hackles, hackles: Wordnik
  6. hackles: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. hackles: Wiktionary
  8. hackles: Dictionary.com
  9. Hackles: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. hackles: Rhymezone
  11. hackles: FreeDictionary.org
  12. hackles: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. hackles: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. hackles: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. hackles: Medical dictionary

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  1. hackles: Urban Dictionary

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noun:  the erectile plumage or hair in the neck area of some birds and mammals.

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