heckler

noun

heck·ler ˈhe-k(ə-)lər

plural hecklers

Synonyms of heckler next

: one who heckles someone (such as a performer or speaker) usually by shouting criticisms or insults

Instead of ignoring the trash talking, [Joey] Votto decided to play with the hecklers. "I remember when you used to be good," one fan shouted out. "I remember when you used to be thin," Votto fired back.—

Jimmy Traina

As is usual with us, we can't remember any of the jokes well enough to tell them—only one reply made by a comedian, Professor Irwin Corey, to a heckler. "When your I.Q. reaches twenty-eight," Corey told the man, "sell!"—

The New Yorker

Examples of heckler in a Sentence

avoided the hecklers who hung out on the street corner making threatening remarks to passersby

Recent Examples on the Web

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Other members of the crowd started booing and then drowned out the heckler with applause before Zverev began his post-match speech. —

Ben Church, CNN, 27 Jan. 2025 Yes, but not just any heckler; the interloper turns out to be Death himself. —

Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024 New York Knicks fans — and star Karl-Anthony Towns — are cheering on the national anthem singer who pushed back after her rendition was briefly interrupted by a heckler on Thursday night. —

Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024 The video shows an interaction between Kelce and a heckler outside the stadium where Penn State played Ohio State on Saturday. —

Jillian Sykes, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for heckler