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US
/ˈhɛkəɫ/
]
[ UK /hˈɛkəl/ ]
[ UK /hˈɛkəl/ ]
VERB
-
comb with a heckle
heckle hemp or flax - challenge aggressively
NOUN
- a comb for separating flax fibers
How To Use heckle In A Sentence
- If a heckler should best a politician, the moment could be screened over and over again on TV.
- The spokesman was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.
- The MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley was heckled by a gang of swearing, shell-suited neds.
- You could knock him for not really interacting with his audience, for the scattergun nature of his approach, or for his awkward way of dealing with a heckle.
- There were scuffles when UDF hecklers began to shout down the speakers.
- This report of the UK media awards describes a an apocalyptic scene, as scribes, put beyond use with alcohol, heckle and taunt their peers; standing on stools, booing the MC off the stage.
- He champions free speech but if opposing views are brought forth, he interrupts and heckles.
- I also have to give a presentation, which kind of terrifies me -- so if you'll be at GDC and see me, say hi, but please don't heckle me! Speaking Of Maturity
- Like I said, that was just my impression at the time and it didn't raise any of my "hackles," or "heckles. Cesc Fábregas risking his and Arsenal's reputation with petty battles | Dominic Fifield
- the hecklers pelted the discombobulated speaker with anything that came to hand