Don't heckle during the show. It's a monologue, not a dialogue.
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Heckle
//ˈhɛkəl//
Synonyms for "heckle" (103 found)
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47 translations across 12 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- апострофирам verb (question harshly in an attempt to reveal weaknesses)
Czech
4 entries- hecovat verb (question harshly in an attempt to reveal weaknesses)
- hecovat verb (insult, tease, make fun of, badger)
- pokřikovat verb (insult, tease, make fun of, badger)
- provokovat verb (question harshly in an attempt to reveal weaknesses)
Danish
2 entries- fornærme verb (insult, tease, make fun of, badger)
- håne verb (insult, tease, make fun of, badger)
Dutch
2 entries- hekelen verb (question harshly in an attempt to reveal weaknesses)
- hekelen verb (insult, tease, make fun of, badger)
Esperanto
1 entries- demandaĉi verb (question harshly in an attempt to reveal weaknesses)
Finnish
4 entries- haukkua verb (insult, tease, make fun of, badger)
- huudella verb (question harshly in an attempt to reveal weaknesses)
- häiritä verb (insult, tease, make fun of, badger)
- keskeyttää verb (question harshly in an attempt to reveal weaknesses)
German
4 entries- ausquetschen verb (question harshly in an attempt to reveal weaknesses)
- bedrängen verb (insult, tease, make fun of, badger)
- beleidigen verb (insult, tease, make fun of, badger)
- belästigen verb (insult, tease, make fun of, badger)
Irish
1 entries- cuir isteach ar verb (insult, tease, make fun of, badger)
Latin
1 entries- convīcior verb (insult, tease, make fun of, badger)
Polish
1 entries- przedrzeźniać verb (question harshly in an attempt to reveal weaknesses)
Spanish
4 entries- abroncar verb (insult, tease, make fun of, badger)
- abuchear verb (insult, tease, make fun of, badger)
- chuflar verb (insult, tease, make fun of, badger)
- rechiflar verb (insult, tease, make fun of, badger)
Swedish
4 entries- förolämpa verb (insult, tease, make fun of, badger)
- häckla verb (question harshly in an attempt to reveal weaknesses)
- häckla verb (insult, tease, make fun of, badger)
- håna verb (insult, tease, make fun of, badger)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Heckle the police.
Source: tatoeba (11987243)
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.
Source: tatoeba (11989340)
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.
Source: tatoeba (12031309)
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