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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It was filmed by the heckler and by those who witnessed Kelce snatch his phone and smash it onto the ground. —

Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024 Radiohead singer Thom Yorke left the stage at his solo show in Melbourne, Australia on Wednesday night (Oct. 30) after a heckler yelled at him about the war between Israel and Hamas. —

Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2024 Vice President Kamala Harris was interrupted by hecklers at a rally for supporters at the La Crosse Recreational Eagle Center Thursday. —

Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 17 Oct. 2024 Audiences looking for a more deft smackdown of a heckler yelling something about cobalt mines can find an endless supply of crowd-interaction clips on TikTok. —

Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for heckler