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Noun: heckle  he-kul
  1. A comb for separating flax fibers
    "The worker used a heckle to prepare the flax for spinning";
    - hatchel
Verb: heckle  he-kul
  1. Challenge aggressively
    "Protesters heckled the speaker throughout his speech"
     
  2. Comb with a heckle
    "heckle hemp or flax";
    - hackle, hatchel

Derived forms: heckles, heckling, heckled

Type of: comb, cut off, disrupt, interrupt

Encyclopedia: Heckle