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heck·le

 (hĕk′əl)
tr.v. heck·led, heck·ling, heck·les
1. To try to embarrass and annoy (someone speaking or performing in public) by questions, gibes, or objections; badger.
2. To comb (flax or hemp) with a hatchel.

[Middle English hekelen, to comb with a hatchel, from hekel, hatchel, from Middle Dutch; see keg- in Indo-European roots.]

heck′ler n.
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heckling

(ˈhɛklɪŋ)
n
the practice of calling out comments to interrupt a person making a speech
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.heckling - shouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagreeheckling - shouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagree
disruption, interruption, gap, break - an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account"
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Translations

heckling

[ˈheklɪŋ] Ninterrupciones fpl, protestas fpl
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

heckling

[ˈhɛklɪŋ] nchahut m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

heckling

nZwischenrufe pl
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

heckling

[ˈhɛklɪŋ] ninterruzioni fpl
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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