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bristlings

bristlings is the plural of bristling.

Meaning of bristling

Noun

bristling (plural bristlings)

  1. The act of one who bristles.
    • When dogs fight, there are usually preliminaries to the actual combat — snarlings and bristlings and stiff-legged struttings. But White Fang learned to omit these preliminaries.1906 May–October, Jack London, White Fang, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., published October 1906, →OCLC, part 3 (The Gods of the Wild), pages 144–145

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Questions about bristlings

What is bristlings the plural of?
Bristlings is the plural of bristling.

Words near bristlings in the dictionary

  1. bristliest
  2. bristliness
  3. bristling
  4. bristling up
  5. bristlingly
  6. bristlings
  7. bristly
  8. bristly bellflower
  9. bristly foxtail
  10. bristly hawksbeard
  11. bristly Matilija poppies

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