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Rude banter from the crowd
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heckling
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Word definitions for heckling in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
heckling \heckling\ n. [vb. n. from heckle [2].] Shouting in order to interrupt a speech with which the shouter disagrees. Syn: barracking.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The act of one who heckles. vb. (present participle of heckle English)
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Heckling (or "hackling") is the last of three steps in dressing flax , or preparing the fibers to be spun . It splits and straightens the flax fibers, as well as removing the fibrous core and impurities. Heckling is done with heckling combs by pulling the ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. shouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagree [syn: barracking ]
Usage examples of heckling.
Donohue went home, still acting as if two dozen reporters, eight tails, and a score of heckling citizens did not fall within his notice.
Wearing polished mail that glinted and shone in the hot sunlight, they endured a barrage of heckling from the envious knights staying home.
So that reformers everywhere were eager to hear of a system of voting that would free the electors from the tyranny of parties, and at the same time render a candidate independent of the votes of heckling minorities, and dependent only on the votes of the men who believed in him and his politics.
She was weak enough today, however, to go down and make a cup of tea and take it back to bed, drinking it while listening to the Today programme on the radio, where the heckling of speakers and the interruptions by the interviewers never failed to irritate her.