Heckler
//ˈhɛklə// name, noun, slang
name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who heckles; somebody who insults, makes fun of, or teases.
"The juggler always seemed to have a heckler or two in the crowd on Saturdays."
- 2 someone who tries to embarrass you with gibes and questions and objections wordnet
- 3 An aircraft flying attack missions at night. US, slang
"[…] the usual gap between the time the last strike of the day departed and the first night hecklers arrived was closed with "zippers" — night fighters who, using day fighter tactics, proceeded to the target in daylight in time to relieve the last day blanket patrol."
- 4 Alternative form of hackler (“worker who separates flax”). alt-of, alternative
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Example
More examples"That comedian had some great comebacks for the heckler who kept interrupting his show."
Etymology
From heckle + -er.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.