heckle
to harass (a public speaker, performer, etc.) with impertinent questions, gibes, or the like; badger.
Origin of heckle
1Other words for heckle
Other words from heckle
- heck·ler, noun
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How to use heckle in a sentence
In Washington, Always-Trumpers who planned to encircle the Capitol were awash in positive emotions, despite heckles from people passing by.
It began on a gold escalator. It may have ended at Four Seasons Total Landscaping. | Dan Zak, Karen Heller | November 8, 2020 | Washington PostI was just reading the news about Shia LaBeouf drunkenly heckling actors during a Broadway play.
Mark Ruffalo Blasts Iraq’s GOP Warmongers, Talks ‘Begin Again’ and ‘Avengers’ | Marlow Stern | June 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Tokyo Police Department are investigating whether there is any connection to the egg assault and his heckling.
How Sexism Could Bring Down Japan’s Government | Angela Erika Kubo, Jake Adelstein | June 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey did wrong, and whether you call that wrong "heckling" or something else does not alter its wrongness.
Second - (This was a reaction to the parsing of the word "heckling") And this - well that one is self-explanatory.
"Heckling" was not the exact word to describe what happened in this case, and I made a mistake in repeating it.
She, who brooked day-long heckling without retort, must now be answered without evasion.
The Code of the Mountains | Charles Neville BuckThe Council went on heckling Sonier and he resigned and went to Lausanne.
The Spell of Switzerland | Nathan Haskell DoleIt was also—for Nan was something of a bully—the heckling of Gerda.
Dangerous Ages | Rose MacaulayThe operation of heckling is simple in principle, although it requires much experience to acquire dexterity.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreBeating flax either after it is completely heckled, or between the first and second heckling, is practised in Bohemia and Silesia.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew Ure
British Dictionary definitions for heckle
/ (ˈhɛkəl) /
to interrupt (a public speaker, performer, etc) by comments, questions, or taunts
Also: hackle, hatchel (tr) to comb (hemp or flax)
an instrument for combing flax or hemp
Origin of heckle
1Derived forms of heckle
- heckler, noun
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