Heckle

//ˈhɛkəl//

"Heckle" in a Sentence (14 examples)

Don't heckle during the show. It's a monologue, not a dialogue.

Heckle the police.

So yelling "Play Freebird" at a concert has become something of a heckle or a joke, sometimes meant to imply that the performer is a hack, sometimes simply intended to be ironic and get a chuckle.

I have too much respect for you to heckle you with aggressive inquiries as if you were a Chief Secretary and I were a Member of Parliament.

This is my first time doing stand up. I hope the crowd doesn't heckle me.

Tom and John go to the theater every week to heckle the performers.

Don't heckle comics.

Don't heckle comedians.

Promise that you won't heckle me after my performance.

As late as 1854, the antichoir members of an Ohio Methodist congregation heckled the choir whenever it tried to sing, hoping to "bring discredit on the singers by creating discord."

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[…] Internet postings, speeches, heckling, cartoons, faxes, composites, noises, threats, incitements, videos, ads, prayers, classes, live and filmed nudity (frontal, sideal, backal), defamation, blasphemy, and digital communication […]

It is the large brown bonxies that heckle me as I pass across the high moor and approach the sheep gate.

The student section of Blue Devils fans, called “Cameron Crazies” for the energy and antics they bring to that cramped arena at Duke, heckles opponents with the help of “cheer sheets” that include biographical details and biting comments about opposing players.

The stand-up dealt well with the heckles from the crowd, replying with raucous banter to raise plenty of laughs.

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