Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun heckle

1 sense of heckle

Sense 1
hatchel, heckle -- (a comb for separating flax fibers)
       => comb -- (any of several tools for straightening fibers)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb heckle

2 senses of heckle

Sense 1
heckle, hackle, hatchel -- (comb with a heckle; "heckle hemp or flax")
       => comb -- (straighten with a comb; "comb your hair")

Sense 2
heckle -- (challenge aggressively)
       => interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off -- (make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages")