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heckle
  ( heckles    plural & 3rd person present)   ( heckling    present participle)   ( heckled    past tense & past participle  ) If people in an audience heckle public speakers or performers, they interrupt them, for example by making rude remarks.      verb
They heckled him and interrupted his address with angry questions...      V n
A small group of youths stayed behind to heckle and shout abuse.      V
      Heckle is also a noun., n-count
The offending comment was in fact a heckle from an audience member.
♦   heckling      n-uncount
The ceremony was disrupted by unprecedented heckling and slogan-chanting.
♦   heckler     ( hecklers    plural)    n-count
As he began his speech, a heckler called out asking for his opinion on gun control.

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heckle
bait, barrack (informal) boo, disrupt, interrupt, jeer, pester, shout down, taunt

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