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Definition of Heckle
1. Verb. Comb with a heckle. "Heckle hemp or flax"
2. Noun. A comb for separating flax fibers.
3. Verb. Challenge aggressively.
Definition of Heckle
1. n. & v. t. Same as Hackle.
2. v. t. To interrogate, or ply with questions, esp. with severity or antagonism, as a candidate for the ministry.
Definition of Heckle
1. Verb. (transitive) To question harshly in an attempt to find or reveal weaknesses. (defdate from later 18th c.) ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To insult, tease, make fun of or badger. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Heckle
1. to harass a speaker [v -LED, -LING, -LES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heckle
Literary usage of Heckle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines by Andrew Ure (1858)
"The cylinders are furnished with two grades of heckle-pins; ... It is of that
class of machines which have two heckle cylinders revolving in opposite ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"These sheets are crossed by irán bars, to which heckle stocks, ... The heckle
stocks OD each separate sheet are of one size and gauge, but each successive ..."
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