heckling
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7.1
- noun
- /ˈhɛkəlɪŋ/
:
interrupción
- There were about half a dozen of them, and at first, Helen had felt heartened by their presence—until she saw how their heckling only served to inflame others.
- heckling and booing
- heckling audience
- a lot of heckling
And all of those heckles are very superficial.
- And all of those heckles are very superficial.
- And then for the rest of it, it's just constant heckling after she after she leaves.
- Yeah, I, I think it, it also the whole heckling thing, like people want that reaction from, from the comedian.
- So there were days where I would literally sit and write heckles in class to get ready for your game, to get ready for the game.
Examples
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I heard some vague heckling from the table beside us.
Fiction book (2002) -
Romney was asked if he would also condemn heckling during Obama events.
Blog text (32) -
The heckling was starting to get to her.
Fiction book (1998) -
And then for the rest of it, it's just constant heckling after she after she leaves.
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Heckling doesn't have to be negative.
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There was seating for about a hundred, but easily as many again were standing at the back, which was where most of the heckling was coming from.
Fiction book (1998) -
Bantering, wisecracking, and even sarcasm and heckling are all part of the growing mental and social agility of this age group.
Academic text (1991) -
They were appalled at the heckling, hazing, and arbitrary punishments.
Fiction book (1995) -
During the speech, the crowd began heckling the politician with loud shouts of disagreement.
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The comedian tried to continue his set despite the heckling coming from the audience.
Synonyms
Shouting comments to interrupt or loudly criticize a speaker
A sudden question or remark that interrupts a speaker
Speech that happens at the same time as someone else and makes the conversation hard to follow
Making loud sounds that disturb others
Antonyms
How Disruptive
9
6.1
45
4.4
6
7.1
99
3.0
- Formal
120
3.5
1
6.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Heckling comes from an old word heckle, which once meant 'to comb' or 'to pull out' fibres when people made cloth. A helpful way to remember it is to think of 'pulling at' someone, which is why heckling means loudly interrupting or shouting at a speaker to bother or challenge them.