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bristly
My mom would brush gel into my flattop until my bristly hair stood at attention.
From the kentucky.com
Last year he sported a bristly initial P growing atop his otherwise bald noggin.
From the time.com
The cuttings were then gathered and spun on antique wheels into bristly thread.
From the stltoday.com
In summer through fall, the bristly flowers form pink, red, black or white plumes.
From the ocregister.com
The antenna, when stood on its bristly aluminium tip, is about twice as tall as I am.
From the economist.com
Fruit is a lomentum, with segments glabrous, pubescent, bristly, or spiny.
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The bristly spines of the upper legs surround the mouth and chew the food.
From the usatoday.com
Bristly spines on walking legs that surround the mouth grind the food with each step.
From the usatoday.com
His hair was always neatly combed, or alternatively, as bristly as a fresh toothbrush.
From the time.com
- Very irritable; "bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"; "he became prickly and spiteful"; "witty and waspish about his colleagues"
- 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"
- (bristliness) prickliness: the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines
- Covered with bristles
- (BRIS-lee) -- With stiff hairs.
- Short stiff hair; react angrily
- (adj.): stiff and prickly
