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heckleheck‧le /ˈhekəl/ verb [intransitive, transitive] heckleOrigin: 1300-1400 hackle; ➔ HACKLES VERB TABLEheckle |
Present | I, you, we, they | heckle | | he, she, it | heckles | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | heckled | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have heckled | | he, she, it | has heckled | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had heckled | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will heckle | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have heckled |
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Present | I | am heckling | | he, she, it | is heckling | | you, we, they | are heckling | Past | I, he, she, it | was heckling | | you, we, they | were heckling | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been heckling | | he, she, it | has been heckling | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been heckling | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be heckling | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been heckling |
- Comedians usually have a few ready comments for members of the audience that come to heckle.
- The speaker was heckled by a group of protestors.
- For a while it was enough to heckle the love scenes and cackle at disasters.
- Perhaps the adventurers will stay and heckle the puppets, or join in the performance.
when someone is speakng► interrupt [intransitive, transitive] to stop someone from continuing speaking: · She interrupted him to ask exactly how he had broken his ankle.· Oliver began his story but was soon interrupted by the arrival of Mr Gosling.· I wish you wouldn’t interrupt all the time. ► butt in [intransitive] to rudely start speaking when someone is already speaking: · Will you please stop butting in!· Steve kept butting in with silly comments. ► cut somebody off/cut somebody short [intransitive] to prevent someone from finishing what they are saying: · He slammed down the phone and cut her off in mid-sentence.· Bob began to speak but Donna cut him short. ► heckle [intransitive, transitive] to deliberately interrupt a speaker or performer by shouting, especially to show that you do not agree with what they are saying: · Comedians are used to dealing with members of the audience who heckle.· The speaker was heckled by a group of protesters. ► chip in [intransitive] to interrupt a conversation or discussion by adding comments, especially helpful or useful ones: · Feel free to chip in if you have any comments to make. to deliberately keep interrupting someone in public► heckle to deliberately interrupt a speaker or performer by shouting, especially to show that you do not agree with what they are saying: · Comedians usually have a few ready comments for members of the audience that come to heckle.· The speaker was heckled by a group of protestors. ► barrack British to interrupt a speaker at a public meeting by shouting or making a noise so that no one can hear them, especially because you disapprove of what they are saying: · The politician was barracked by students at the back of the hall. to interrupt and try to embarrass someone who is speaking or performing in public—heckler noun [countable]—heckling noun [uncountable] |