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heckles

heckles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of heckle.

Meaning of heckle

Verb

heckle (third-person singular simple present heckles, present participle heckling, simple past and past participle heckled)

  1. (transitive) To question harshly in an attempt to find or reveal weaknesses.
    Synonyms:
    grill, interrogate
  2. (transitive) To insult, tease, make fun of or badger, especially during a comedy performance.
    • Promise that you won't heckle me after my performance.
    Synonyms:
    barrack
  3. To prepare (flax) for spinning, using special combs called hackles.
    Synonyms:
    hackle

See all 6 meanings of heckle

Questions about heckles

What is heckles the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Heckles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of heckle.

Words near heckles in the dictionary

  1. heckle
  2. heckled
  3. heckler
  4. heckler's veto
  5. hecklers
  6. heckles
  7. heckling
  8. hecklings
  9. Heckman
  10. Heckman correction
  11. Heckman corrections

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Adapted from Wiktionary: heckles (page history and authors); heckle (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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