heckling (noun)

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• heckling — noun shouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagree • Syn: ↑barracking • Derivationally related forms: ↑heckle • Hypernyms: ↑break, ↑interruption, ↑disruption, ↑gap …   Useful english dictionary

• heckle — /ˈhɛkəl / (say hekuhl) verb (i) (heckled, heckling) 1. to badger or torment; harass, especially a public speaker, with questions and gibes. 2. to comb (flax or hemp) with a hatchel. –noun 3. → hatchel. {late Middle English hekele (noun), phonetic …  

• heckle — verb (I, T) to interrupt a speaker at a public meeting heckler noun (C) heckling noun (U): The speaker s voice was drowned by constant heckling …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• heckle — UK [ˈhek(ə)l] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms heckle : present tense I/you/we/they heckle he/she/it heckles present participle heckling past tense heckled past participle heckled to interrupt a speaker at a public meeting by… …   English dictionary

• heckle — [ˈhek(ə)l] verb [I/T] to interrupt a speaker or performer by shouting at them heckler noun [C] heckling noun [U] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• barracking — noun shouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagree • Syn: ↑heckling • Derivationally related forms: ↑heckle (for: ↑heckling) • Hypernyms: ↑break, ↑interruption …   Useful english dictionary

• peanut gallery — noun a) The upper balcony in a racially segregated venues such as a theatre to which black patrons were restricted.<ref name= LtA >Listening to America: An Illustrated History of Words and Phrases from Our Lively and Splendid Past by Stuart …   Wiktionary

• disruption — noun 1. an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity (Freq. 1) it was presented without commercial breaks there was a gap in his account • Syn: ↑break, ↑interruption, ↑gap • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• interruption — noun 1. an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity (Freq. 5) it was presented without commercial breaks there was a gap in his account • Syn: ↑break, ↑disruption, ↑gap • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Textile manufacturing — is one of the oldest human industries. The oldest known textiles date back to about 5000 B.C. In order to make textiles, the first requirement is a source of fiber from which a yarn can be made, primarily by spinning. The yarn is processed by… …   Wikipedia

• heckle — [[t]he̱k(ə)l[/t]] heckles, heckling, heckled VERB If people in an audience heckle public speakers or performers, they interrupt them, for example by making rude remarks. [V n] They heckled him and interrupted his address with angry questions...… …   English dictionary