Usage of "heckle" | TermGallery

Spanish

Comb with a heckle.

A comb for separating flax fibers.

To give a forceful and lengthy lecture or criticism to another person.

Usage of heckle in English

But I take Parry's point about empowered audiences: theatre crowds seldom heckle. 
 The Guardian 

Canvassing is intense, whether by way of measured contribution or heckle. 
 The Irish Times 

I responded as I might to any other pointed heckle and carried on. 
 The Guardian 

The Kiwis can sail, the Brits can heckle, but the Americans? 
 The Guardian 

They take to the streets with gusto and heckle politicians at public meetings. 
 The Irish Times 

They drown it, roast it, beat it, heckle and comb it. 
 Dagmar's daughter 

Sadly, this Government has become far too complacent to heckle. 
 The Irish Times 

English Premier League fans won't even have to leave home to heckle their friends. 
 Wired 

Witnesses said that was when they heard the offensive heckle. 
 Reuters 

With them you can heckle if you expect it back. 
 Radio NZ 

That's why they yell out and heckle during a show. 
 Wired 

I can't heckle back, otherwise I totally would and it would be a heckle fight. 
 Radio NZ 

Passing WikiLeaks supporters would heckle her for obstructing a "freedom fighter". 
 The Guardian 

The funniest heckle I've ever had I once got dive-bombed by a bird on stage. 
 The Guardian 

He is compelled to repeat the old promises even as the increasingly sceptical voters heckle. 
 The Irish Times 

While he continued to heckle from the sidelines, her three throws equaled an even fifty. 
 See Jane Score 

heckle

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Translations for heckle

Spanish

Heckle through the time

Meanings of heckle in English