Meaning of HECKLE
| Pronunciation: | | 'hekul
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- [v] challenge aggressively
- [v] comb with a heckle; "heckle hemp or flax"
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| | Synonyms: | | hackle, harass, hatchel |
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| | See Also: | | break up, comb, cut off, disrupt, interrupt | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Hec"kle\, n. & v. t.
Same as {Hackle}.
\Hec"kle\, v. t.
To interrogate, or ply with questions, esp. with severity or
antagonism, as a candidate for the ministry.
Robert bore heckling, however, with great patience and
adroitness. --Mrs. Humphry
Ward.
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| | Related Terms: | | aggravate, annoy, badger, bait, barrack, be at, bedevil, beset, bother, bristle, brown off, bug, bullyrag, burn up, card, chivy, comb, curry, devil, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, distemper, disturb, dog, embarrass, exasperate, exercise, fash, faze, get, gripe, hackle, harass, harry, hassle, hatchel, hector, hound, irk, irritate, jeer, miff, molest, nag, needle, nettle, nudzh, peeve, persecute, pester, pick on, pique, plague, pluck the beard, pother, provoke, rake, rattle, ride, rile, roil, ruffle, taunt, tease, torment, try the patience, tweak the nose, vex, worry |
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