heckler

noun

heck·ler ˈhe-k(ə-)lər

plural hecklers

: 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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The heckler was seen filming Kelce and made a comment about his brother Travis, and his relationship with Swift. —

Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024 In another segment of the video captured by a different attendee, the initial heckler can be heard pleading for his phone after the athlete snatched it and threw it on the ground. —

Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024 Penn State verified on Monday, Nov. 4 that University Police and Public Safety are looking into the moment when the former NFL star, 36, smashed the phone of a heckler who appeared to call Kelce's brother Travis a homophobic slur. —

Natasha Dye, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024 Two months later, a video went viral showing her interaction with a heckler at a festival gig in Minnesota. —

Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for heckler