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Heckle   Listen
verb
Heckle  v. t.  
1.
To interrogate, or ply with questions, esp. with severity or antagonism, as a candidate for the ministry. "Robert bore heckling, however, with great patience and adroitness."
2.
To shout questions or jibes at (a public speaker), so as to disconcert him or render his talk ineffective.





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"Heckle" Quotes from Famous Books



... said in a tired voice. "Don't heckle her any more. After all, I'm getting on toward fifty and I guess it's too late for me to begin over, anyhow. I'll plod ...
— Lydia of the Pines • Honore Willsie Morrow


Words linked to "Heckle" :   hatchel, hackle, heckler, break up, comb, interrupt, heckling


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