as in harasser
a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another
avoided the hecklers who hung out on the street corner making threatening remarks to passersby
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Recent Examples of heckler
The video shows an interaction between Kelce and a heckler outside the stadium where Penn State played Ohio State on Saturday.
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Jillian Sykes, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
The video shows an interaction between Jason Kelce and a heckler outside the university’s football stadium where Penn State played Ohio State on Saturday.
—Jill Martin, CNN, 6 Nov. 2024
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
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Jillian Sykes, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
The video shows an interaction between Jason Kelce and a heckler outside the university’s football stadium where Penn State played Ohio State on Saturday.
—Jill Martin, CNN, 6 Nov. 2024
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
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“Heckler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heckler. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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