From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Etymology
Transferred usage of [en], from [enm], from [en], from [en], related to
[gem-pro]. Related to [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To question harshly in an attempt to find or reveal weakness es. [from later 18th c.]
2. [en] To insult , tease , make fun of or badger , especially during a comedy performance.
3. * {{ quote-text | en | year=2008 | title=BYU Studies | volume=47 | page=108
|passage=As late as 1854, the antichoir members of an Ohio Methodist
congregation HECKLED the choir whenever it tried to sing, hoping to "bring
discredit on the singers by creating discord."}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2013 | author=Alan M. Dershowitz | title=Taking the Stand: My Life in the Law | publisher=Crown | isbn=9780307719270 | page=106
|passage=[...] Internet postings, speeches, HECKLING, cartoons, faxes,
composites, noises, threats, incitements, videos, ads, prayers, classes, live
and filmed nudity (frontal, sideal, backal), defamation, blasphemy, and
digital communication [...]}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2020 | author=Tim Ecott | title=The Land of Maybe | publisher=Short Books | year_published=2021 | page=102
|passage=It is the large brown bonxies that HECKLE me as I pass across the
high moor and approach the sheep gate.}}
1. * [en]
2. [en] To prepare flax for spinning using special combs called hackle s.
**** Synonyms
[prepare flax for spinning] [en]
**** Related terms
- [en]
- [en]
**** Translations
[question harshly in an attempt to reveal weaknesses]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de]
- Polish: [pl]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[insult, tease, make fun of, badger]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs] , [cs] , [cs] , [cs]
- Danish: [da] , [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de]
- Latin: [la]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] [rural] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv] , [sv] , [sv] , [sv]
[trans-bottom]
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- Italian: [it]
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*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] .
2. The long shining feather s on a cock's neck.
3. A feather ornament in the full-dress bonnet s of Highland regiment s.
4. An rude interruption during a show, especially a comedy performance
*** Anagrams
- [en]