Heckling

noun, verb

noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of one who heckles.

    "Speeches during parliamentary debates, however, belong to linguistic action patterns in which interruptions and hecklings (Burkhardt 2004) are generally conventionalised and accepted as facultative reactions […]"

  2. 2
    shouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagree wordnet
  3. 3
    The preparation of flax for spinning using special combs called hackles.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of heckle form-of, gerund, participle, present

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"Speeches during parliamentary debates, however, belong to linguistic action patterns in which interruptions and hecklings (Burkhardt 2004) are generally conventionalised and accepted as facultative reactions […]"

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