Heckling - English meaning

Heckling – definitions in English dictionary

verb
Interrupt (a public speaker) with derisive or aggressive comments or abuse.
Usage examples:
He was booed and heckled when he tried to address the demonstrators
Synonims:
JeerTauntJibe atShout downShout atBooHissDisruptInterruptHarassShout catcalls atBarrackGive someone a hard time
verb
Dress (flax or hemp) to split and straighten the fibres for spinning.
Usage examples:
Hemp was heckled and spun into rope yarn

noun
A heckling comment.
Usage examples:
Heckles of ‘get stuffed!’

verb
Present participle of heckle
Usage examples:
A few angry locals started heckling (the speaker).

Heckling translation into English

Heckling: translate from English into Chinese

质问

Heckling: translate from English into Dutch

Interrumperen, Hekelen, Lastig vragen stellen

Heckling: translate from English into French

Chahut, Interpellation

Heckling: translate from English into German

Zwischenrufe

Heckling: translate from English into Hindi

चिल्लाना, सवालों से बात काटना

Heckling: translate from English into Italian

Infastidire, Molestare

Heckling: translate from English into Korean

헥헥, 야유하다

Heckling: translate from English into Russian

Перебивая, Чесать лен, Прерывать оратора

Heckling: translate from English into Spanish

Interrupción de protesta

Word origin

Middle English (in heckle (sense 2 of the verb)): from heckle ‘flax comb’, a northern and eastern form of hackle. The sense ‘interrupt (a public speaker) with aggressive comments’ arose in th

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Heckling – similar words

heckles

verb
Interrupt (a public speaker) with derisive or aggressive comments or abuse.
Usage examples:
He was booed and heckled when he tried to address the demonstrators

noun
A heckling comment.
Usage examples:
Heckles of ‘get stuffed!’

Heckles - all meanings in English

heckled

verb
Interrupt (a public speaker) with derisive or aggressive comments or abuse.
Usage examples:
He was booed and heckled when he tried to address the demonstrators

noun
A heckling comment.
Usage examples:
Heckles of ‘get stuffed!’

verb
Past simple and past participle of heckle
Usage examples:
A few angry locals started heckling (the speaker).

Heckled - all meanings in English

heckle

verb
Interrupt (a public speaker) with derisive or aggressive comments or abuse.
Usage examples:
He was booed and heckled when he tried to address the demonstrators

noun
A heckling comment.
Usage examples:
Heckles of ‘get stuffed!’

verb
To interrupt a public speaker or entertainer with loud, unfriendly statements or questions
Usage examples:
A heckler tried to disrupt the ceremony.

Heckle - all meanings in English

Heckling synonims

barrack

ˈbær.ək

verb
Provide (soldiers) with accommodation in a building or set of buildings.
Usage examples:
The granary in which the platoons were barracked

verb
Jeer loudly at (someone performing or speaking in public) in order to express disapproval or to distract them.
Usage examples:
Opponents barracked him when he addressed the opening parliamentary session

noun
A large building or group of buildings used to house soldiers.
Usage examples:
The troops were ordered back to barracks

Barrack - all meanings in English

boo

buː

exclamation
Said suddenly to surprise someone who is unaware of one's presence.
Usage examples:
‘boo!’ she cried, jumping up to frighten him

noun
An utterance of ‘boo’ to show disapproval of a speaker or performer.
Usage examples:
The audience greeted this comment with boos and hisses

verb
Say ‘boo’ to show disapproval of a speaker or performer.
Usage examples:
They booed and hissed when he stepped on stage

Boo - all meanings in English

disrupt

dɪsˈrʌpt

verb
Interrupt (an event, activity, or process) by causing a disturbance or problem.
Usage examples:
Flooding disrupted rail services

verb
To prevent something, esp. a system, process, or event, from continuing as usual or as expected
Usage examples:
A heavy fall of snow disrupted traffic during the rush hour., [ c ] strikes threaten more disruptio…

verb
To prevent something, especially a system, process, or event, from continuing as usual or as expected
Usage examples:
Meetings with her lawyers did not disrupt the schedule., commerce could be disrupted in a cyberterr…

Disrupt - all meanings in English

give someone a hard time

idiom
To make things difficult or unpleasant for someone
Usage examples:
Her kids always give her a hard time when she takes them shopping., my mother gave me a really hard…

Give someone a hard time - all meanings in English

give someone a hard time

idiom
To make things difficult or unpleasant for someone
Usage examples:
Her kids always give her a hard time when she takes them shopping., my mother gave me a really hard…

Give someone a hard time - all meanings in English

harass

verb
Subject to aggressive pressure or intimidation.
Usage examples:
Being harassed at work can leave you feeling confused and helpless

verb
Annoy continually or chronically

verb
To annoy or trouble someone repeatedly
Usage examples:
He claimed that the police continued to harass foreign journalists., she felt she was being harasse…

Harass - all meanings in English

hiss

verb
Make a sharp sibilant sound as of the letter s.
Usage examples:
The escaping gas was hissing

noun
A sharp sibilant sound.
Usage examples:
The spit and hiss of a cornered cat

Hiss - all meanings in English

interrupt

verb
Stop the continuous progress of (an activity or process).
Usage examples:
The buzzer interrupted his thoughts

verb
To stop someone from speaking by saying or doing something, or to cause an activity or event to stop briefly
Usage examples:
[ i ] please don’t interrupt until i’m finished., [ t ] the picnic was interrupted by a rain shower…

Interrupt - all meanings in English

jeer

verb
Make rude and mocking remarks, typically in a loud voice.
Usage examples:
Some of the younger men jeered at him

noun
A rude and mocking remark.
Usage examples:
The taunts and jeers of my classmates

verb
Laugh at with contempt and derision

Jeer - all meanings in English

taunt

noun
A remark made in order to anger, wound, or provoke someone.
Usage examples:
Pupils will play truant rather than face the taunts of classmates about their ragged clothes

verb
Provoke or challenge (someone) with insulting remarks.
Usage examples:
Pupils began taunting her about her weight

verb
Harass with persistent criticism or carping

Taunt - all meanings in English

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