heckle
verb (used with object)
to harass (a public speaker, performer, etc.) with impertinent questions, gibes, or the like; badger.
was heckling
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past progressiveof heckle.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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It’s where her dad usually parked his truck, whether he was heckling during the day or honking the horn and flashing the lights at night.
From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2025
Rant to the person who was heckling their home team — who does that?
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 21, 2023
Nick Booth wrote in the magistrate court complaint that Darby, 62, of Whitman, was heckling the umpire during the game when the umpire removed his equipment and left the field.
From Washington Times ● May 25, 2023
Isaiah Thomas was heckling a first-year player for being late — for a voluntary workout at 7 a.m.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 5, 2019
Looked all round the room; seemed remarkably decent lot; the man who was heckling me a little rubicund as to the nose; but that might be indigestion.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, August 27, 1892 by Various
