Definition of "bristling" []

• Having bristles. (adjective)
• Showing anger. (adjective)
• Present participle of bristle. (verb)

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• "It's warm and muscular and covered in bristling needles of short white and brown hair."
• "Finally, during a vote by owners still bristling from the 1981 strike, Kuhn did not earn re-election Nov. 1, 1982."
• "So Obama held more sway and ran into less visible pushback, except for bristling from the Chinese."