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heckle

[hek-uhl] / ˈhɛk əl /


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Some blame the rising price of tickets, saying theatergoers feel entitled to misbehave in the same way sports fans feel the price of admission buys them the right to heckle players.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Passersby who witnessed this altercation began to heckle the police, demanding they take the handcuffs off Smith.

From Salon • May 13, 2025

The Glaswegian looked so discombobulated by the heckle that another audience member asked him if he was okay.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2025

Now Israel's minister for police, Itamar Ben-Gvir was on hand to keep order as some 30,000 people took part in the annual event that he used to heckle as an "abomination".

From Reuters • Jun. 1, 2023

I used to heckle her about the help problem, but I learned that was not necessarily wise.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman




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