heckling

noun — 2 senses

heckling

noun
1

The act of one who heckles.

  • Speeches during parliamentary debates, however, belong to linguistic action patterns in which interruptions and hecklings (Burkhardt 2004) are generally conventionalised and accepted as facultative reactions […]2008, Ruth Wodak, Veronika Koller, Handbook of Communication in the Public Sphere, page 256:
2

The preparation of flax for spinning using special combs called hackles.

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