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heck·le

heckle

 
 
pronunciation:
he kl
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part of speech: verb
inflections: heckles, heckling, heckled
definition: to bother a public speaker or performer by saying rude things or asking annoying questions.
The mayor did not seem angry when the man in the audience heckled him by shouting during his speech.
similar words:
annoy, badger, bait, bother, disrupt, disturb, harass, hassle, hound, interrupt, needle, plague, provoke, taunt, tease, torment
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derivation: heckler (n.)