How Do You Spell HACKLE?

Pronunciation: [hˈakə͡l] (IPA)

The word "hackle" has a tricky spelling that might confuse non-native speakers of English. The IPA phonetic transcription of "hackle" is /ˈhækəl/, which highlights the presence of an unstressed schwa sound in the middle of the word. This sound is often dropped by careless speakers, leading to misspellings such as "hackel" or "hacckle." To avoid confusion, learners of English should familiarize themselves with common suffixes such as "-le" and study the spelling patterns of English words.

HACKLE Meaning and Definition

1. Hackle is a noun with multiple definitions depending on the context in which it is used. Generally, it refers to a long, slender feather or cluster of feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird, especially a gamecock. These feathers are typically stiff and often brightly colored. They are used to enhance the bird's appearance during displays of aggression or courtship.

   In another sense, hackle can also refer to the erectile hairs on the back of an animal, typically a dog or a feline, that stand up when the creature is threatened or alarmed. These hackles serve as a visual indication of the animal's heightened state and are often accompanied by aggressive behavior.

   Additionally, hackle can also be used as a verb. To hackle means to comb or tease out fibers, such as flax or hemp, with a hackle (a type of comb or brush) in order to align the fibers and remove any unwanted impurities. This process is commonly done in the textile industry as a preliminary step in spinning yarn or thread.

   Overall, hackle encompasses the ideas of feathers or hairs standing erect, which can convey aggression or alarm, as well as the act of combing fibers to prepare them for further processing.

2. • An iron-spiked comb or machine for dressing flax, raw silk, or any flimsy substance; a fly for angling, dressed with feathers or silk.

   • To dress flax with a hackle; to tear asunder.

   • A board set with iron teeth used for separating the finer parts of hemp and flax from the coarser; a large sort of comb.

   Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.

Common Misspellings for HACKLE

• hanle
• hadle
• ackle
• hacket
• jackle
• facale
• hacke
• wackly
• hacve
• hable
• hazzle
• hangle
• chickle
• acule
• maikle
• vacule
• thickle
• hockley
• hackled
• kackle
• shakle
• hackels
• backl
• hayle
• hackr
• hakie
• lakle
• acale
• fackle
• sackle
• hacklee
• hackiee
• hackee
• hackkee
• hackel
• macklle
• maccle
• lacule
• spackle
• hackry
• Hacklel
• haikse
• hocklle
• hucklle
• Hukkle
• jacle
• acklie
• hazyle
• kackee
• haiole
• hacche
• hachee
• hwackie
• hackye
• Hakkler
• Haccler
• Hacklar
• haglke
• yacke
• hackty
• Hajyle
• ackele
• dhacke
• chackque
• Nabkle
• Hackele
• Kackke
• Haowle
• gackoe
• fackre
• Hacksoe
• haicke
• Hacnie
• Hackely
• Hachly
• Hacklye
• oackte
• Darckle
• Wanckle
• Packoe

Etymology of HACKLE

The word "hackle" can be traced back to the Old English word "haecel" or "hekel", which ultimately derives from the Proto-Germanic word "hōkla". This word originally referred to a comb made of metal, bone, or other material. Over time, the meaning of "hackle" expanded to include different types of combs or brushes, including those used in textile processing and hairdressing. Today, "hackle" can refer to a feather plume on a headdress or a long, slender feather used in angling, among other contexts.

Similar spelling words for HACKLE

• Haskell,
• haggle,
• Hackley,
• heckles,
• Hickle,
• Hacked,
• hacker,
• Hasley,
• cackle,
• hagel,
• hackelia,
• heckle,
• hazel,
• Hazley,
• hassle,
• hawk owl,
• haeckel,
• hack,
• hagle,
• tackle,
• heckler,
• hakala,
• heckled.

Conjugate verb Hackle

CONDITIONAL PERFECT

I would have hackled

you would have hackled

he/she/it would have hackled

we would have hackled

they would have hackled

I would have hackle

you would have hackle

he/she/it would have hackle

we would have hackle

they would have hackle

CONDITIONAL PERFECT PROGRESSIVE

I would have been hackling

you would have been hackling

he/she/it would have been hackling

we would have been hackling

they would have been hackling

CONDITIONAL PRESENT

I would hackle

you would hackle

he/she/it would hackle

we would hackle

they would hackle

CONDITIONAL PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

I would be hackling

you would be hackling

he/she/it would be hackling

we would be hackling

they would be hackling

FUTURE

I will hackle

you will hackle

he/she/it will hackle

we will hackle

they will hackle

FUTURE CONTINUOUS

I will be hackling

you will be hackling

he/she/it will be hackling

we will be hackling

they will be hackling

FUTURE PERFECT

I will have hackled

you will have hackled

he/she/it will have hackled

we will have hackled

they will have hackled

FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS

I will have been hackling

you will have been hackling

he/she/it will have been hackling

we will have been hackling

they will have been hackling

IMPERATIVE

you hackle

we let´s hackle

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

to hackle

PAST CONTINUOUS

I was hackling

you were hackling

he/she/it was hackling

we were hackling

they were hackling

PAST PARTICIPLE

hackled

PAST PERFECT

I had hackled

you had hackled

he/she/it had hackled

we had hackled

they had hackled

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

I had been hackling

you had been hackling

he/she/it had been hackling

we had been hackling

they had been hackling

PRESENT

I hackle

you hackle

he/she/it hackles

we hackle

they hackle

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

I am hackling

you are hackling

he/she/it is hackling

we are hackling

they are hackling

PRESENT PARTICIPLE

hackling

PRESENT PERFECT

I have hackled

you have hackled

he/she/it has hackled

we have hackled

they have hackled

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

I have been hackling

you have been hackling

he/she/it has been hackling

we have been hackling

they have been hackling

PRESENT SUBJUNCTIVE

he/she/it hackle

SIMPLE PAST

I hackled

you hackled

he/she/it hackled

we hackled

they hackled