heckle
verb (used with object)
to harass (a public speaker, performer, etc.) with impertinent questions, gibes, or the like; badger.
have heckled
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present perfectof heckle.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The eight-time Grammy-winning singer is believed to have heckled Kevin Durant during a free throw, and delighted this reporter at least when she dabbed after bowing to LeBron James.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 2, 2017
A smattering of anti-royalists have heckled the royal couple during their six-day visit to New Zealand.
From Reuters ● Nov. 13, 2012
Other hockey towns, which have heckled him by calling out "Ouvrez la porte, Richard," are now ready to agree that he is more than a wartime wonder.
From Time Magazine Archive
Aside from political animosity, there is another cogent reason why the Pawtucket denizens have heckled the Journal so insistently.
From Time Magazine Archive
If he had once mounted the hustings we would have heckled him about the Land Commission business.
From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Robert John Buckley
