Bristles pronunciation

1. Is the T in bristles silent?
2. What is the pronunciation of bristle?
3. What is a correct pronunciation?
4. What does it mean when a person is bristle?

Is the T in bristles silent?

The silent t: A whistle! Listen!

Here's a few more: hustle, jostle, apostle, bristle, thistle or wrestle. Finally, an interesting fact.

What is the pronunciation of bristle?

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Break 'bristle' down into sounds: [BRIS] + [UHL] - say it out loud and exaggerate the sounds until you can consistently produce them.

What is a correct pronunciation?

Pronunciation is the way in which a word or a language is spoken. This may refer to generally agreed-upon sequences of sounds used in speaking a given word or language in a specific dialect ("correct pronunciation") or simply the way a particular individual speaks a word or language.

What does it mean when a person is bristle?

A bristle is a stiff hair — the kind men shave off their face or the kind badgers have all over. Bristle also means to get angry. ... A common word associated with bristle is hackle, another name for such erectile animal hairs. Thus the saying "to get one's hackles up," which is pretty much identical to bristling.