Definition of 'bristle'
Example sentences containing 'bristle'
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It was a lesson in the facilities of dialogue to hear the bristle beneath the purr. THE GREAT AND SECRET SHOW (2001)She hated him down to every last wiry bristle, but he had to live. EVERVILLE (2001)There was silence in the room, but only because Arnold did not bristle audibly. A CONVICTION OF GUILT (2001)
Trends of 'bristle'
Used Occasionally. bristle is one of the 30000 most commonly used words in the Collins dictionary
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Translations for 'bristle'
British English: bristle NOUN
Bristles are the short hairs that grow on a man's chin after he has shaved.
...two days' growth of bristles.
Definition of bristle from the Collins English Dictionary
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