Definition
A person who interrupts a speaker or performer with rude comments or criticisms to try to disrupt them.
Etymology
From the verb 'heckle,' which dates to the 1600s Scottish dialect, possibly from 'hackle' (a tool for combing flax). Applied to interrupting speakers around the 1800s.
Kelly Says
Stand-up comedians often have brilliant comebacks for hecklers—it's become an art form because the best comics can turn a heckler's insult into comedy gold!
Translations
ARالعربية
مُحرض
mu-h-rizz
BNবাংলা
কটুবক্তা
kot-to-b-kta
CACatalà
insulter
in-sul-ter
DEDeutsch
Schmäher
shma-er
ELΕλληνικά
κατασπαστής
ka-tas-pas-tis
ESEspañol
insultador
in-sult-ah-dor
FAفارسی
نفرین گو
ne-ferin-go
FISuomi
häiriköitsijä
hai-ri-koi-tsi-ja
FRFrançais
interpellateur
ant-er-pel-lay-tur
HEעברית
משחית
mos-cha-yit
HUMagyar
provokátor
pro-vo-ka-tor
IDBahasa Indonesia
pelecehkan
pe-le-ceh-kan
ITItaliano
instigatore
in-sti-gah-tore
KMKM
អ្នកប្រឆាំង
a-n-k-bra-cha-ng
KO한국어
괴롭힘꾼
gweo-ro-bip-k-k-un
MSBahasa Melayu
pengganggu
peng-gan-gu
NLNederlands
pesten
pe-sten
PTPortuguês
instigador
in-sti-gah-dor
RORomână
instigaător
in-sti-ga-a-tor
RUРусский
насмешник
nas-mesh-nik
SVSvenska
hejtare
hey-ta-re
SWKiswahili
mchele
m-che-le
TAதமிழ்
கண்டனம்
kan-da-nam
TEతెలుగు
కౌగిలించేవాడు
kau-gili-n-che-va-du
THไทย
คนขัดจังหวะ
kon khat jan wa
TLTL
mang-aaway
mang-a-a-way
TRTürkçe
aşağılayıcı
ah-sha-la-ya-i-chi
UKУкраїнська
насмешник
nas-mesh-nik
VITiếng Việt
người chọc ghẹo
ngoo-i chok gyeo
ZUZU
umshayeli
oom-sha-ye-li