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Heckling is an act of cowardice. If you want to speak, get up in front of the microphone and speak, don't sit in the dark hiding. It's easy to hide and shout and waste people's time.
Billy Connolly

Meaning of "heckling" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HECKLING

heckling  [ˈhɛklɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HECKLING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Heckling is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HECKLING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Heckling

Heckling may refer to: ▪ Heckler, a person who shouts a disparaging comment ▪ Heckling, a process in preparing flax for spinning...

Definition of heckling in the English dictionary

The definition of heckling in the dictionary is the practice of calling out comments to interrupt a person making a speech.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HECKLING


buckling
ˈbʌklɪŋ
cling
klɪŋ
crackling
ˈkræklɪŋ
darkling
ˈdɑːklɪŋ
duckling
ˈdʌklɪŋ
eCycling
ˈiːˌsaɪklɪŋ
encircling
ɪnˈsɜːklɪŋ
inkling
ˈɪŋklɪŋ
motorcycling
ˈməʊtəˌsaɪklɪŋ
recycling
ˌriːˈsaɪklɪŋ
sparkling
ˈspɑːklɪŋ
sprinkling
ˈsprɪŋklɪŋ
stickling
ˈstɪklɪŋ
suckling
ˈsʌklɪŋ
swashbuckling
ˈswɒʃˌbʌklɪŋ
tickling
ˈtɪklɪŋ
tinkling
ˈtɪŋklɪŋ
trickling
ˈtrɪklɪŋ
twinkling
ˈtwɪŋklɪŋ
weakling
ˈwiːklɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HECKLING

hecatomb
hech
heck
heckelphone
heckle
heckler
hecogenin
hectare
hectic
hectic fever
hectically
hecticly
hectocotyli
hectocotylus
hectogram
hectogramme
hectograph
hectographic
hectographically
hectography

WORDS THAT END LIKE HECKLING

bowling
calling
ceiling
clerkling
feeling
handling
hockling
jackling
mackling
mailing
oakling
porkling
rib-tickling
rockling
rolling
selling
sterling
telling
ugly duckling
willing

Synonyms and antonyms of heckling in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HECKLING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «heckling» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of heckling

Translation of «heckling» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HECKLING

Find out the translation of heckling to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of heckling from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «heckling» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

质问
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

exclamaciones
570 millions of speakers

English

heckling
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

heckling
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المرج
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

перебивок
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

apartes
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

heckling
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

chahut
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Heckling
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zwischenrufe
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

半畳
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

야유
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Heckling
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

heckling
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

heckling
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हेकलिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sorularla sıkıştırma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Disapprovare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nękanie kłopotliwymi pytaniami
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

перебивок
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sâcâială
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φωνές
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

uitjouery
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

häcklande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

heckling
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of heckling

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HECKLING»

The term «heckling» is regularly used and occupies the 108.012 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HECKLING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about heckling

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QUOTES WITH «HECKLING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word heckling.
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Billy Connolly
Heckling is an act of cowardice. If you want to speak, get up in front of the microphone and speak, don't sit in the dark hiding. It's easy to hide and shout and waste people's time.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HECKLING»

Discover the use of heckling in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to heckling and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Heckling: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases
No truth seems true. A simple morning's greeting and response appear loaded with innuendo and fraught with implications.
‎2008
2
Public Documents.The Senate of the United States.First ...
This heckling together will produce, in the first main division of hemp, (long enrame,) short fibres, (court en rame modesse,) and splices, (telex bandes.) Each is submitted to a separate heckling, and is then calculated to yield from 100 parts of ...
The Senate of the United States.First Session of the Twenty-Eighth Congress,December 4,1843, 1844
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The Encyclopaedia Britannica: latest edition. A dictionary ...
A good deal of hand-heckling is still practised, especially in Irish and Continental factories ; and it has not been found practicable, in any cams to entirely dispense with a rough preparation of the fibre by hand labour. In heckling by hand, the ...
Day Otis Kellogg, Thomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith, 1902
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The Encyclopaedia Britannica: a dictionary of arts, sciences ...
broken, ravelled, and short fibres, which separate out in the heckling process, form tow, an article of much inferior value to the spinner ; and the proportion of tow made in the process of hand-heckling varies according to the skill and knowledge ...
‎1890
5
Congressional Edition
This heckling together will produce, in the first main division of hemp, (long en rame,) short fibres, (court en rame modesse,) and splices, (titci bandes.) Each is submitted to a separate heckling, and is then calculated to yield from 100 parts of  ...
‎1844
6
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
3 Claims. (CI. 13 — 2.) 3. A heckling apparatus comprising in combination with an apron means for moving the same continuously in one direction, pins on such apron, adapted to engage with a layer of fibrous material to be heckled, heckling  ...
‎1920
7
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
HECKLING -MACHINE. Antonio Teresa, Philadelphia, Pa. Filed Feb. 2, 1014. Serial No. 815,934. (CI. 13—2.) 2. The combination. In a heckling machine, of means for carrying the leaves forwardly In a direction transverse to their length ...
United States. Patent Office, 1918
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The Encyclopædia Britannica: A-ZYM
A good deal of hand-heckling is still practised, especially in Irish and Continental factories ; and it has not been found practicable, in auy camj to entirely dispense with a rough preparation of the fibre by hand labour. In heckling by hand, the ...
Day Otis Kellogg, Thomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith, 1903
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House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: ...
great number of hands ; second, to bring the heckling by machinery, toi such a degree, as to be able to supply the demand of the spinning-machine with material; which it is impossible to do by way of heckling by hand, unless an immense ...
United States. Congress. House
10
Argument and Audience: Presenting Debates in Public Settings
Heckling To put it simply, heckling means speaking out of turn: while the recognized speaker — that is, the speaker who "has the floor" — is talking, the heckler yells out a question or comment. This doesn't mean, however, that a heckler is ...
Kenneth T. Broda-Bahm, Daniela Kempf, William J. Driscoll, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HECKLING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term heckling is used in the context of the following news items.
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Jim Parsons heckles a tardy theatergoer | Page Six
When the audience burst out laughing, he continued the holy heckling, which ended with, “You're lucky I'm God and not Patti LuPone!” LuPone ... «Page Six, Jul 15»
2
Cameron and Harman at PMQs - Politics live | Politics | The Guardian
Andy Slaughter, the Labour MP and shadow justice MP, has been heckling Gove on Twitter. — Andy Slaughter MP (@hammersmithandy) July ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
TAKE TWO: Didn't poke the bear? Hmmm. - Columbia Daily Tribune …
Seems a visitor from Maryland was one Robin Ficker, he of NBA heckling fame as a Washington Bullets/Wizards fan in the 1980s and '90s. «Columbia Daily Tribune, Jul 15»
4
Andrew Hughes: Is cricket war? | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo
... and boo the Monets, or attending a performance of Romeo and Juliet wearing a "Capulets Rule" T-shirt and heckling the Montagues. «ESPNcricinfo.com, Jul 15»
5
Two weekend attacks downtown, seemingly unprovoked
... a group of friends were walking in the 200 block of 4th Street at 2 a.m., when four men started heckling them from a black sport-utility vehicle. «DesMoinesRegister.com, Jul 15»
6
Unruly Delaware Twp. crowd doubts mayor's anti-PennEast pipeline …
About 75 vehemently anti-pipeline residents filled the room to capacity and through impassioned statements, heckling and applause, criticized ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
7
Bryce Harper hates hitting at Camden Yards - The Washington Post
Harper received his usual dose of boos on Sunday, but the heckling from Orioles fans watching the game from the right field flag court was ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
8
The Open 2015: Sergio García declares British crowds are world's …
García was the subject of vociferous heckling at the Players Championship earlier this year at Sawgrass, a tournament where he lost out in a ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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4 The Future | SLAMonline
While the heckling was all in good fun, Shumpert came to the camp with a newfound sense of security, as he had agreed to a four-year, $40 ... «SLAM Online, Jul 15»
10
Some Presidential Candidates Get No Respect | Rich Rubino
In a surreal moment, Agran attended a debate as an audience member (he was not invited as a participant) and was arrested for heckling the ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»

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