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Word: Heckle
Speech Type: Verb
Middle English (in heckle (sense 2 of the verb)): from heckle ‘flax comb’, a northern and eastern form of hackle. The sense ‘interrupt (a public speaker) with aggressive comments’ arose in the mid 17th century; for the development in sense, compare with tease
ˈhɛkl
interrupt (a public speaker) with derisive or aggressive comments or abuse
Short Definition:interrupt public speaker with derisive or aggressive comments
Examples:- he was booed and heckled when he tried to address the demonstrators
- women round him started heckling
dress (flax or hemp) to split and straighten the fibres for spinning
Short Definition:dress flax or hemp to split and straighten fibres for spinning
Examples:- hemp was heckled and spun into rope yarn
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