Definitions for heckle

heckle heck·le

Spelling: [hek-uh l]
IPA: /ˈhɛk əl/

Heckle is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 46 anagrams from letters in heckle (ceehkl).

Definitions for heckle

noun

  1. hackle1 (def 5).

verb (used with object)

  1. to harass (a public speaker, performer, etc.) with impertinent questions, gibes, or the like; badger.
  2. hackle1 (def 7).

Origin of heckle

1275-1325; Middle English hekelen, variant of hechelen to comb flax; akin to hackle1, hatchel

Examples for heckle

Please torment, harass, vex, heckle, and badger those two blockheads until they honor their commitments to my defense fund.

Had the Centralia crowd hired them to heckle the new pitcher?

"Hout, tout," quoth the wife, and made the heckle flee at it.

Banners were waved and speakers were both cheered and jeered—opponents commonly turned up to heckle.

A group of anti-monarchy protestors gathered in Montreal to heckle the young royals, holding up signs reading “Royal Parasites.”

We go to the ball park, we heckle a pitcher who throws one bad pitch.

Known on stage for his confrontational style, Gelman heckles the audience as much as they heckle him.

But then Dalrymple had not been there to heckle and insult his superior; he was gone nobody knew where.

I was going to heckle him, when he explained—and with what so far unknown deference, in him, to one's bewilderment!

At first there was a disposition to interrupt, to heckle, but it grew fainter and soon gave way to complete silence.

Word Value for heckle
Scrable

15

Words with friends

16

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