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bristle   (TTS Sound)

The noun bristle has 2 senses

• bristle -- (a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic)


• bristle -- (a stiff hair)

The verb bristle has 4 senses

• abound, burst, bristle -- (be in a state of movement or action; "The room abounded with screaming children"; "The garden bristled with toddlers")


• bristle, uprise, stand up -- (rise up as in fear; "The dog's fur bristled"; "It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!")


• bristle -- (have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles; "bristling leaves")


• bristle -- (react in an offended or angry manner; "He bristled at her suggestion that he should teach her how to use the program")