heckling

IPA: hˈɛkɫɪŋ

noun

  • The act of one who heckles.
  • The preparation of flax for spinning using special combs called hackles.
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Examples of "heckling" in Sentences

  • More heckling from the unwashed twits in the village.
  • The heckling is usually seen in third world countries.
  • Some men, heckling from the sidelines, insist that excluding men is a form of sexism.
  • When you determine it is time to begin heckling, do not raise your hand in hopes of being called upon.
  • Joe Wilson is not a decent guy who had a lapse of judgement in heckling the President of the United States.
  • Among the people I shoot skeet and sporting clays with, good natured heckling is an accepted, even encouraged, practice.
  • It is GREAT to see this back and forth in Washington again ... if only the GOP would join in more instead of heckling from the sidelines.
  • I have been the "other": a foreigner in various countries, and a girl in a country where the heckling is called "eve-teasing" and dismissed with a smile.
  • Sean Young has entered rehabilitation for alcohol abuse following a weekend outburst in which she was heckling from the audience at the Directors Guild of America awards.
  • After listening to the exchange between Rumsfeld and McGovern I would not call it heckling but for some reason it seems the press is uncomfortable with individual citizens doing the job they seem to squeemish to take on.

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