bridle
verb/ˈbraɪdl/
/ˈbraɪdl/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they bridle | /ˈbraɪdl/ /ˈbraɪdl/ |
| he / she / it bridles | /ˈbraɪdlz/ /ˈbraɪdlz/ |
| past simple bridled | /ˈbraɪdld/ /ˈbraɪdld/ |
| past participle bridled | /ˈbraɪdld/ /ˈbraɪdld/ |
| -ing form bridling | /ˈbraɪdlɪŋ/ /ˈbraɪdlɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] bridle something to put a bridle on a horse
- [intransitive] bridle (at something) (literary) to show that you are annoyed and/or offended at something, especially by moving your head up and backwards in a proud way
- She bridled at the suggestion that she was lying.
Word OriginOld English brīdel (noun), brīdlian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch breidel (noun). Sense (2) of the verb use is from the action of a horse when reined in.
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