Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun heckling
1 sense of heckling
Sense 1
heckling, barracking -- (shouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagree)
=> break, interruption, disruption, gap -- (an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account")
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")