heckle
verb (used with object)
to harass (a public speaker, performer, etc.) with impertinent questions, gibes, or the like; badger.
heckled
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past participleof heckle.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof heckle.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
heckleverb (used with object)to harass (a public speaker, performer, etc.) with impertinent questions, gibes, or the like; badger.
Example Sentences
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In other footage verified by AFP, a reporter with Zee TV was heckled while broadcasting live from a protest in Mumbai.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
Angry protesters jeered and heckled Sir Keir when he visited Golders Green to meet Jewish volunteer organisations and first responders on Thursday.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026
On Tuesday its students disrupted, heckled and tried to shout down a speech by Homeland Security general counsel James Percival.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
Australia's prime minister has been heckled during an event at a Sydney mosque marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2026
Not long before Henrietta’s first exam, TeLinde presented his argument about carcinoma in situ to a major meeting of pathologists in Washington, D.C., and the audience heckled him off the stage.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
