HECKLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does heckle mean? 

• HECKLE (noun)
  The noun HECKLE has 1 sense:

1. a comb for separating flax fibers

  Familiarity information: HECKLE used as a noun is very rare.

• HECKLE (verb)
  The verb HECKLE has 2 senses:

1. comb with a heckle

2. challenge aggressively

  Familiarity information: HECKLE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HECKLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A comb for separating flax fibers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

hatchel; heckle

Hypernyms ("heckle" is a kind of...):

comb (any of several tools for straightening fibers)

• HECKLE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they heckle    ... he / she / it heckles   
Past simple: heckled   
Past participle: heckled   
-ing form: heckling   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Comb with a heckle

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

hackle; hatchel; heckle

Context example:

heckle hemp or flax

Hypernyms (to "heckle" is one way to...):

comb (straighten with a comb)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Challenge aggressively

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "heckle" is one way to...):

break up; cut off; disrupt; interrupt (make a break in)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

heckler (someone who tries to embarrass you with gibes and questions and objections)

heckling (shouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagree)