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- Word Combinations (verb)
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transitive verb |
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heckles, heckling, heckled |
| definition: |
to interrupt (someone) during a public speech or performance with intentionally annoying or provocative remarks or questions.
Angry members of the audience heckled the speaker so much that he sometimes could not be heard.- similar words:
- annoy, badger, bait, bedevil, bother, disrupt, disturb, harass, harry, hassle, hound, interrupt, needle, plague, provoke, taunt, tease, torment
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| derivation: |
heckler (n.) |
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