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heckle Definition


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heckle
verb
    tr & intr
    heckled, heckling
    1. To interrupt (a speaker) with critical or abusive shouts and jeers, especially at a public meeting.
      Thesaurus: taunt, provoke, bait, gibe, jeer, needle, pester, snipe at, shout down.
Derivative: heckler
noun
    Etymology: 15c as hekelen.



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