Meaning & use

heckling

verb·Academic

Interrupting a speaker or performer with mocking, aggressive, or critical comments and questions.

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A few fans kept heckling the comedian until security asked them to leave.

Protesters spent the entire rally heckling the politician from the back of the crowd.

A note on using this word

Heckling targets a live speaker or performer directly, unlike general criticism given afterward.

Words with a similar meaning

jeeringtaunting

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Words with an opposite meaning

cheering

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