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heckle

verb

heck·​le ˈhe-kəl How to pronounce heckle (audio)
heckled; heckling ˈhe-k(ə-)liŋ How to pronounce heckle (audio)

transitive verb

: to harass and try to disconcert with questions, challenges, or gibes : badger
Choose the Right Synonym for heckle

bait, badger, heckle, hector, chivy, hound mean to harass by efforts to break down.

bait implies wanton cruelty or delight in persecuting a helpless victim.

baited the chained dog

badger implies pestering so as to drive a person to confusion or frenzy.

badgered her father for a car

heckle implies persistent annoying or belligerent interruptions of a speaker.

drunks heckled the stand-up comic

hector carries an implication of bullying and domineering.

football players hectored by their coach

chivy suggests persecution by teasing or nagging.

chivied the new student mercilessly

hound implies unrelenting pursuit and harassing.

hounded by creditors

Example Sentences

Several protesters were heckling the speaker at the rally. The players were being heckled by the fans. People in the crowd were booing and heckling as she tried to speak.
Recent Examples on the Web For 650 years, crowds swarmed Oxford Street to heckle convicts being carted from the prison at one end to the gallows at the other. Alexander Smith, NBC News, 15 Aug. 2022 Long before, some Peacocks fans near the court had seized the sporting spirit of Philadelphia and begun to heckle North Carolina, which had led outright for all but 18 seconds and once had a 27-point advantage. New York Times, 27 Mar. 2022 His words were interrupted by a group of men who had gathered several yards away to heckle him. Melanie Mason Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2021 David Krumholtz, one of Rogen’s best friends and star of The Santa Clause, stopped by to heckle Rogen, who was there to promote his new HBOMax series, Santa Inc.. Morgan Baila, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2021 The people who had to wait when someone blocked the way with a truck and got out to heckle. BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2021 The mob proceeded to heckle and accost Lady Bird and LBJ, who was Kennedy’s running mate. Michael Granberry, Dallas News, 10 Sep. 2021 This was the first chance Dodgers fans had to heckle the Astros in person at Chavez Ravine since their sign-stealing scandal — banging on a real trash can to signal opponents' pitches — was revealed late in 2019. Joe Reedy, ajc, 4 Aug. 2021 There's also the participatory and often combative crowds, known in recent years to heckle opponents to the point of completely drowning them out. Joe Sonka, The Courier-Journal, 3 Aug. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English hekelen to dress flax, scratch, from heckele hackle; akin to Old High German hāko hook — more at hook

First Known Use

circa 1825, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of heckle was circa 1825

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