heckle
verb (used with object)
to harass (a public speaker, performer, etc.) with impertinent questions, gibes, or the like; badger.
heckles
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present tense formof heckle (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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“Your job as a bench warmer is to come up with the heckles against the other team. I took pride in writing insults to hurl at other 15-year-olds,” Wood recalled in a recent Zoom interview.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2024
Of course, hecklers could submit their heckles via email or interview but not heckle directly at our duly elected president.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2023
His speech was interrupted repeatedly by heckles and jeers from opposition leadership, who at times chanted “weak.”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 29, 2022
However, she has had heckles from people who felt they shouldn't be lectured on their evening out.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2022
Still, there would have been time between heckles for him to step quietly back from us, Introvert the Maintainer and ... well, that was nine-tenths of the problem.
From The Big Time by Fritz Leiber
