'Heckle' definitions:
Definition of 'heckle'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Heckle'
From: GCIDE
- Heckle \Hec"kle\, v. t.
- 1. To interrogate, or ply with questions, esp. with severity or antagonism, as a candidate for the ministry.
- Robert bore heckling, however, with great patience and adroitness. --Mrs. Humphry Ward. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 2. To shout questions or jibes at (a public speaker), so as to disconcert him or render his talk ineffective. [PJC]
Definition of 'heckle'
From: GCIDE
- Hatchel \Hatch"el\ (-[e^]l; 277), n. [OE. hechele, hekele; akin to D. hekel, G. hechel, Dan. hegle, Sw. h[aum]kla, and prob. to E. hook. See Hook, and cf. Hackle, Heckle.] An instrument with long iron teeth set in a board, for cleansing flax or hemp from the tow, hards, or coarse part; a kind of large comb; -- called also hackle and heckle. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'heckle'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aggravate,
- annoy,
- badger,
- bait,
- barrack,
- be at,
- bedevil,
- beset,
- bother,
- bristle,
- brown off,
- bug,
- bullyrag,
- burn up,
- card,
- chivy,
- comb,
- curry,
- devil,
- discomfit,
- discompose,
- disconcert,
- distemper,
- disturb,
- dog,
- embarrass,
- exasperate,
- exercise,
- fash,
- faze,
- get,
- gripe,
- hackle,
- harass,
- harry,
- hassle,
- hatchel,
- hector,
- hound,
- irk,
- irritate,
- jeer,
- miff,
- molest,
- nag,
- needle,
- nettle,
- nudzh,
- peeve,
- persecute,
- pester,
- pick on,
- pique,
- plague,
- pluck the beard,
- pother,
- provoke,
- rake,
- rattle,
- ride,
- rile,
- roil,
- ruffle,
- taunt,
- tease,
- torment,
- try the patience,
- tweak the nose,
- vex,
- worry