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Heckle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To try to embarrass and annoy (someone speaking or performing in public) by questions, gibes, or objections; badger.

v. To comb (flax or hemp) with a hatchel.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To insult, tease, make fun of or badger.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

noun-and-verb-transitive. Same as hackle.

v. To interrogate, or ply with questions, esp. with severity or antagonism, as a candidate for the ministry.

v. To shout questions or jibes at (a public speaker), so as to disconcert him or render his talk ineffective.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. An instrument for cleaning, sorting, and straightening raw flax and hemp: same as hatchel.

To comb, as flax or hemp; hatchel.

To question, especially in a severe or antagonistic manner, as a parliamentary candidate in Great Britain.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. comb with a heckle

n. a comb for separating flax fibers

v. challenge aggressively

Word Usage

"The heckle is the first chink in our civility towards our government institutions and our heritage that sets us apart from other nations."

Verb Form

heckled heckles heckling

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

comb disrupt cut-off interrupt breakup

Variant

hackle

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

harass question

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

dekle freckle seckel shekel speckle

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

sour-dough laager ratafia flakey rusk