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HECKLER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does heckler mean?
• HECKLER (noun)
The noun HECKLER has 1 sense:
1. someone who tries to embarrass you with gibes and questions and objections
Familiarity information: HECKLER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who tries to embarrass you with gibes and questions and objections
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
badgerer; heckler
Hypernyms ("heckler" is a kind of...):
bad hat; mischief-maker; trouble maker; troublemaker; troubler (someone who deliberately stirs up trouble)
Derivation:
heckle (challenge aggressively)
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