Definition of Heckler

1. Noun. Someone who tries to embarrass you with gibes and questions and objections.

Exact synonyms: Badgerer
Generic synonyms: Bad Hat, Mischief-maker, Trouble Maker, Troublemaker, Troubler
Derivative terms: Badger, Heckle

Definition of Heckler

1. Noun. Agent noun of heckle; one who heckles; somebody who insults, makes fun of, or teases. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Heckler

1. one that heckles [n -S] - See also: heckles

Lexicographical Neighbors of Heckler

hecatombs
hecatomeral
hech
hechsher
hecht syndrome
hechting
hechts
hechtsbergite
heck
hecka
heckelphone
heckimal
heckle
heckled
heckler (current term)
heckler's veto
hecklers
heckles
heckling
hecklings
hecks
heckuva
heckuva job
hect-
hectagon
hectagons
hectarage
hectarages
hectare

Literary usage of Heckler

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hints for the Political Speaker by Warren Coutant Du Bois (1921)
"THE heckler The late Inez Milholland Boissevain was once interrupted by a man with this question, "Mrs. Boissevain, don't you wish you were a man? ..."

2. Register of the Freemen of the City of York: From the City Records ... 1272-1759 by York (England), Francis Collins (1900)
"Barn, bricklayer, son of Thomas Barn, heckler Thomas Fisher, butcher, son of Robert Fisher, butcher William Hessey, tinner, son of William Hessey, ..."

3. Twenty Years in Parliament by William Torrens McCullagh Torrens (1893)
"reply, therefore, to his heckler, he angrily exclaimed : ' What more could I promise, short of undertaking to repeal the Ten Commandments ? ..."

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