Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of heckle
plural hecklings
- 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 […]
2008, Ruth Wodak, Veronika Koller, Handbook of Communication in the Public Sphere, page 256 - The preparation of flax for spinning using special combs called hackles.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounshouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagree
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Spanish abucheo, rechifla
- abucheothe act of one who heckles
- rechiflathe act of one who heckles
- pifiathe act of one who heckles
Cite this entry
heckling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heckling
“heckling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heckling. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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