to heckle
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6.8
- verb
- /ˈhɛkəl/
:
abuchear
- As the speaker shared his ideas, a few audience members began to heckle him with sarcastic remarks.
- the crowd heckled
- the audience heckled
- the fans heckled
I thought I can Heckle the wrestlers from the crowd.
- I thought I can Heckle the wrestlers from the crowd.
- Is it what is essentially were you essentially being heckled by astrophysicists?
- So get out there, Heckle her until she brings more Nuggets of wisdom.
- And at one point a guy heckled.
- It's not a stand up comedy night where people throw things and Heckle.
- My mind can chirp and can Heckle from the bleachers, but it does not have the authority to make the decision.
- And he just seemed so somber, like he was so not, you know, the dude that we grew up watching was so like, I remember somebody heckled.
- It's just people were just like they would Heckle and not malicious ways and not bad ways, but just because it's fucking funny to do that.
Examples
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It's very rude to heckle comedians.
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The audience heckles.
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Susan had more than usual to drink and began to heckle her mother.
Fiction book (1994) -
One person was heckling us.
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The white mayor of New York is heckled by an angry crowd in Harlem.
Blog text (28) -
As he begins to speak, he is heckled and derided.
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To play, get seats along the opposing team's sideline and verbally heckle them throughout the game.
Blog text (29) -
Eric was fighting with a guy during a sporting event because the man was heckling Eric's team.
Blog text (13) -
We went to Giggles, and sat in front... and heckled the comedians.
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The audience heckled and cheered, while Dolly, like a slick politician, waved to her constituency.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
29
5.8
To attack someone strongly in speech or writing
1
8.0
To criticize someone or something very strongly in public
Attack someone with strong words in public
Antonyms
How Disruptive
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6.1
70
5.9
20
6.8
909
2.5
- Formal
552
4.3
39
6.5
Surface Forms
Etymology
A helpful way to remember the modern verb heckle ('to interrupt or attack a speaker') is to imagine someone in the crowd 'picking at' the speaker with words, like the heckle comb picks at fibers; that's why to heckle is to shout at or challenge someone while they speak.