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heckle 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/ˈhekəl/,
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heckled, past participle; heckles, 3rd person singular present; heckling, present participle; heckled, past tense;
  1. Interrupt (a public speaker) with derisive or aggressive comments or abuse
    • - he was booed and heckled when he tried to address the demonstrators
    • - he is merely heckling from the sidelines
  2. Dress (flax or hemp) to split and straighten the fibers for spinning

Noun
  1. A heckling comment
    • - the meeting regularly dissolved into heckles
  1. comb with a heckle; "heckle hemp or flax"
  2. hatchel: a comb for separating flax fibers
  3. challenge aggressively
  4. (heckling) shouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagree
  5. 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.
  6. Heckle was a melodic hardcore/punk rock band from New Jersey, United States.
  7. Heckle and Jeckle are cartoon characters created by Paul Terry, and released by his own studio, Terrytoons for 20th Century Fox. ...
  8. (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. ...
  9. To question harshly in an attempt to find or reveal weaknesses. [from later 18th c.]; To insult, tease, make fun of or badger
  10. Something shouted out to/at a performer by a member of the audience.
  11. A board in which are fixed a number of sharp steel prongs upright for dressing hemp, flax, etc.
  12. to annoy by asking many questions, shouting insults, etc.
  13. Taunt, insult, ridicule, shout down another person.