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Adjective
/ˈbris(ə)liNG/,
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(esp. of hair) Close-set, stiff, and spiky,
  1. (esp. of hair) Close-set, stiff, and spiky
    • - a bristling beard
  2. Aggressively brisk or tense
    • - he fills the screen with a restless, bristling energy
  1. (bristled) barbed: having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers"
  2. The European sprat, Sprattus sprattus, also known as bristling or brisling, is a small, herring-like, marine fish. Found in European waters, it has silver grey scales and white-grey flesh. The fish is around 12% fat in its flesh and is a source of many vitamins. ...
  3. Having bristles; Showing anger
  4. (bristlingly) In a bristling manner
  5. (bristled) (adj.): stiff and prickly
  6. (Bristled) A term to express the hair on the neck and back of a boar, when of a different tincture from the body.
  7. Technique of brushing fabric, often leather, with stiff brushes for a worn look.