(transitive) To question harshly in an attempt to find or reveal weaknesses. / (transitive) To insult, tease, make fun of or badger, especially during a comedy performance.

Alternative form of hackle (“tool for separating flax”) / The long shining feathers on a cock's neck. / A feather ornament in the full-dress bonnets of Highland regiments.

simple past tense and past participle of heckle

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of heckle

present participle of heckle

The act of one who heckles. / The preparation of flax for spinning using special combs called hackles.

plural of heckling

plural of heckler

One who heckles; somebody who insults, makes fun of, or teases. / (US, military, slang) An aircraft flying attack missions at night. / Alternative form of hackler (“worker who separates flax”)

Limiting an individual's free expression by heckle.