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HECKLING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does heckling mean?
• HECKLING (noun)
The noun HECKLING has 1 sense:
1. shouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagree
Familiarity information: HECKLING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagree
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
barracking; heckling
Hypernyms ("heckling" is a kind of...):
break; disruption; gap; interruption (an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity)
Derivation:
heckle (challenge aggressively)
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