barracking

8.4

Shouting comments to interrupt or loudly criticize a speaker

noun
/ˈbɛrəkɪŋ/

: interrupción

The comedian's routine was met with both laughter and barracking from the lively crowd.

Examples

Is that some barracking at the back?

Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
During the debate, frequent barracking from the audience made it hard for the speaker to present his points clearly.
The politician faced barracking from the crowd as he attempted to defend his controversial decision.

Synonyms

heckling

vsbarracking

6 7.1

Shouting comments to interrupt and upset a person speaking

tends to be aimed at criticizing and interrupting the speaker

Antonyms

to support

∞ 1.0

Give help to a person or idea

How Disruptive

barracking

8.4

heckling

6 7.1

jeering

Offensive

7.2

criticism

512 3.0

remark

371 1.4

Surface Forms

barracking singular

barrackings plural

Morphology

barracking = barrack (transparent) = barrack + ing

The noun is a straightforward gerund/nominalization formed from the verb 'barrack' with '-ing', so the meaning 'the act of jeering or shouting' is directly derived.

Etymology

The word barracking is sometimes linked to the idea of many voices in a barracks, so a helpful way to remember it is to imagine a noisy group shouting together. So, barracking means 'loud shouting' meant to interrupt or 'criticize' a speaker.