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Examples of heckle
heckle
Get a grip, politesse, if you can't take a heckle you shouldn't parade in public.
From the guardian.co.uk
The future does not lie in the hands of voluntary organisations who simply heckle.
From the independent.co.uk
One of the group told him they want to heckle the expelled diplomats as they leave.
From the guardian.co.uk
In Syracuse, N.Y., Alinsky's apprentices trucked mobs to heckle a Republican mayor.
From the time.com
Romney also restated his support for the heckle as an all-American tradition.
From the swampland.time.com
In another sequence, they take turns to juggle solo while the others heckle.
From the independent.co.uk
And when you yell out at a batter or heckle the pitcher, he can definitely hear you.
From the npr.org
The Obama campaign does not heckle, at least in ways that are officially sanctioned.
From the swampland.time.com
We did a gig and loads of established stand-up comedians came to heckle us.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
- Comb with a heckle; "heckle hemp or flax"
- Hatchel: a comb for separating flax fibers
- Challenge aggressively
- (heckling) shouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagree
- A heckler is a person who shouts a disparaging comment at a performance or event, or interrupts set-piece speeches, for example at a political meeting, with intent to disturb its performers or participants.
- Heckle was a melodic hardcore/punk rock band from New Jersey, United States.
- Heckle and Jeckle are cartoon characters created by Paul Terry, and released by his own studio, Terrytoons for 20th Century Fox. ...
- (Heckling (flax)) Heckling splits and straightens the flax fibers, as well as removing the fibrous core and impurities from flax."Heckle." The Oxford English Dictionary. 2nd ed. 1989. Heckling is done with heckling combs by pulling the flax through the combs. ...
- To question harshly in an attempt to find or reveal weaknesses. [from later 18th c.]; To insult, tease, make fun of or badger
