Meaning & use
Heckled
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Interrupted a speaker or performer with mocking or aggressive comments and questions.
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The comedian was heckled by a rowdy group in the front row.
Protesters heckled the politician throughout his speech.
A note on using this word
The verb originally referred to combing out flax fibers with a sharp comb ('heckle'), and later came to mean figuratively 'picking apart' a speaker.
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