–v.t.
1. to interrupt and annoy (as a speaker or performer) by asking bothersome questions, jeering, or making loud remarks: »
[The] M.P. for the Exchange division of Liverpool…after being rejected, was heckled when she addressed a May Day demonstration (London Times).
SYNONYM(S): badger.╂[< noun]
–n.
= hackle (comb for dressing flax). (Cf. ↑hackle)
–heck´ler, noun.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.