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hecklings

hecklings is the plural of heckling.

Meaning of heckling

Noun

heckling (plural hecklings)

  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.

Questions about hecklings

What is hecklings the plural of?
Hecklings is the plural of heckling.

Words near hecklings in the dictionary

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

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