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Definitions: Heckle |
HeckleVerb1. Comb with a heckle; "heckle hemp or flax". 2. Challenge aggressively. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "heckle" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Industry | After scutching the fibres are usually combed or hackled by drawing them through sets of pins. Source: European Union. (references) |
| To comb, as flax or hemp. Also, hatchel, heckle. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: HeckleSynonyms: hackle (v), harass (v), hatchel (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Pain | Displease, annoy, incommode, discompose, trouble, disquiet; faze, feaze, feeze (U.S.); disturb, cross, perplex, molest, tease, tire, irk, vex, mortify, wherret, worry, plague, bother, pester, bore, pother, harass, harry, badger, heckle, bait, beset, infest, persecute, importune. |
Sharpness | Beard, chevaux de frise, porcupine, hedgehog, brier, bramble, thistle; comb; awn, beggar's lice, bur, burr, catchweed, cleavers, clivers, goose, grass, hairif, hariff, flax comb, hackle, hatchel, heckle. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Heckle |
| English words defined with "heckle": Flax comb ♦ hackle, hatchel. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | It's time we stop being lapdogs. Who are they to heckle us? It's time one of us drew a line in the sand. (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) Heckle and Jeckle dressed as cops. (Cannonball Run II; writing credit: Harvey Miller; Hal Needham) Ok, I tell you what - you tell a joke and I will heckle you. (The Muppet Show; writing credit: Joseph A. Bailey; Jack Burns) Flash, don't heckle the super villain! (Justice League; writing credit: Paul Whitehouse) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Heckle and Jeckle Show (1956) Heckle & Jeckle & Friends (1986) The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle and Jeckle (1979) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| "Heckle" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 85.71% of the time. "Heckle" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 85.71% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Noun (singular) | 14.29% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 7 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "heckle" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Heckle | Last name | 100 | 83,949 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
heckle and jeckle | 50 |
heckle | 4 |
heckle jeckle picture | 2 |
heckle jeckyl | 2 |
heckle koch | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "heckle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ndërpres (abort, break, break up, call, cease, cut off, desist, discontinue, intercept, interjaculate, intermit, interrupt, intersect, leave off, punctuate, stop, strangulate, suspend), i marr shpirtin me pyetje, bëj pyetje të pakëndshme. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | قاطع بالكلام. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | чеша (scratch, slate), гребен (comb, crest, edge, rack, ridge, ripple, screw), задавам неудобни въпроси, апострофирам оратор, прекъсвам оратор. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 质问 (debrief, debriefing, heckling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | hecovat, provokovat (provoke), štvát (bait, chase). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | سوال پیچ کردن , شانه کردن (Comb), شانه (Comb, Pitchfork, Shoulder), ببادطعنه گرفتن . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ahdistaa (attack, be tight, beset, harass, importune, oppress, pinch, press). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sérancer, regayer, interrompre. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | hecheln (dressing, gossip, hackling, hatchel, hatcheling, heckling, pant, tease out), unterbrechen (break, break in, break off, broken, disconnect, discontinue, disrupt, disturb, intercept, interrupt, kill, punctuate, stop, suspend, to disconnect, to discontinue, to disturb, to intercept, to intermit, to interrupt, to suspend), stören (annoy, bar, be disturbing, bother, bug, bust up, disrupt, disturb, disturbance, get in the way, harass, hinder, incommode, inhibit, interfere with, interrupt, invade, jam, mutilate, perturb, prevent, spoil, spoil the effect, stick out, to derange, to disturb, to harass, to incommode, to interrupt, to mutilate, to perturb, to trouble, torment, trouble, upset, violate, worry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | παρενοχλώ (annoy, badger, disturb, harass, harry, irritate, molest, stalking, to harass, to stalk), ενοχλώ (act up, ail, annoy, badger, bedevil, bother, derange, discommode, disturb, fret, get someone's back up, grate on, harass, incommode, inconvenience, infest, irk, irritate, jar on, pester, pother, trouble), διακόπτω ρήτορα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לקרוא קריאות בי ים (interpolate, interrupt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kérdésekkel zaklat valakit, gerebenez (hackle, to comb, to hackle, to heckle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | molestare (annoy, bother, discommode, harass, harrass, molest, tease, torment, vex, worry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 野次る (to boo, to catcall, to heckle, to hoot, to jeer), 弥次る (to heckle, to hoot, to jeer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | やじる (to boo, to catcall, to heckle, to hoot, to jeer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | trasnaghey (transit, transit of goods), cur stiagh er (annoy, call in, incommode, inconvenience, infringe, infringement, inroad, interference, interrupt, intervene, invade, invasion, molest, molestation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | hekle, avbryte (disconnect, discontinue, interrupt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ecklehay grade de manjedoura (feeding rack, hay rack, rack, stable feeding rack, straw rack), espadelar (deckle, hackle, scutch, swingle), cardar (fluffy, hackle, teasel, Teazle). (various references) прерывать оратора, прерывать (break, cut short, decease and desist, discontinue, intercept, intercut, intermit, interrupt, leave off, punctuate, truncate). (various references) seiceal (a heckle, instrument for dressing flax). (various references) uzeti na ispit, preslišavati, preslišati (interrogate). (various references) molestar con preguntas, interrumpir a un orador. (various references) häckla (cavil at, gang hooks, hackle, pater-noster), avbryta (abort, break, call off, check, cut off, discontinue, disrupt, disturb, horn in on, intermit, interrupt, leave off, put an end, put in one's oar, put one's oar in, sever, slough off, terminate). (various references) รบกวนคนที่กำสังพู"อยู่"้วยการตะโกน. (various references) soru yağmuruna tutmak (assail smb. with questions, fire), sıkıştırmak (astringe, be urgent with smb., bear against, besiege, bombard, bottle up, clamp, clamp down, clinch, come down on, compact, compress, constrict, crowd, crush, drive smb. to the wall, dun, force, grind, grip, hurry, hustle, impact, impress, incarcerate, jam, jam in, lean on, lean upon, oppress, pin, pin down, pinch, ply, ply with, press, press for, press smb. close, push, push smb. to the wall, rush, shut in, slip into, squeeze, straiten, stress, tighten, tuck, wedge, weigh), keten tarağı ile taramak, ditmek (scribble, scutch, tease). (various references) засипати запитаннями. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Middle English | 1100-1500 | hekele. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "heckle": heckled, heckler, hecklers, heckles. (additional references) | |
Words containing "heckle": checkless. (additional references) | |
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"Heckle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Eccle, eckle, Ehmcke, Hadklu, heckel, Heckyl, Heikell, Hekken, Hekla, hekle, Henckel, Henkell, hicke, Hickie, Hickl, Hickley, Hucke, Huckel, Jeckle, reckle, sheckle, shmeckle. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "heckle" (pronounced he"kul) |
| 4 | -e" k u l | freckle, shekel, speckle. |
| 3 | -k u l | acoustical, aeronautical, agrochemical, allegorical, alphabetical, analytical, anarchical, anatomical, ankle, anthropological, antithetical, apolitical, archaeological, archeological, article, astrological, astronautical, astronomical, asymmetrical, atypical, autobiographical, barnacle, biblical, bicycle, bifocal, biochemical, biographical, biological, biomedical, biotechnological, botanical, brickle, buckle, cackle, categorical, cervical, chemical, Chronicle, chronological, chuckle, circle, classical, clavicle, clerical, clinical, comical, commonsensical, conical, coracle, cortical, crackle, critical, cubicle, cuticle, cycle, cyclical, cylindrical, cynical, debacle, dermatological, diabolical, diacritical, dialectical, domical, ducal, ecclesiastical, ecological, economical, ecumenical, egotistical, electrical, electrochemical, electromechanical, elliptical, empirical, encircle, encyclical, epidemiological, epochal, equivocal, eschatological, ethical, ethnical, etymological, evangelical, fanatical, farcical, fecal, fickle, fiscal, focal, follicle, galenical, geographical, geological, geometrical, geophysical, geopolitical, gonococcal, grackle, grammatical, granduncle, graphical, gynecological, hackle, helical, heretical, heterocercal, hierarchical, historical, honeysuckle, Huckle, hypercritical, hypocritical, hypothetical, hysterical, icicle, identical, ideological, illogical, immunological, impractical, inimical, ironical, jackal, knuckle, lackadaisical, lexical, liturgical, local, logical, logistical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, matriarchal, mechanical, medical, meikle, metallurgical, metaphorical, metaphysical, meteorological, methodical, methodological, metrical, Mickle, miracle, monocle, morphological, motorcycle, muckle, musical, mystical, mythical, mythological, nautical, neoclassical, neurological, nickel, Nickle, Nicol, nonelectrical, nonpolitical, nonsensical, nonsurgical, nontechnical, numerical, obstacle, ontological, optical, Oracle, oratorical, ornithological, paradoxical, particle, pathological, patriarchal, pedagogical, periodical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, pharmacological, philosophical, phonological, photochemical, physical, physiological, pickle, pinnacle, polemical, political, pontifical, popsicle, practical, preclinical, problematical, prototypical, psychical, psychological, pumpernickel, puritanical, quizzical, rabbinical, radical, radiological, ramshackle, rankle, rascal, receptacle, reciprocal, recycle, rhetorical, ruckle, runkle, sabbatical, satirical, semiclassical, semicylindrical, semitropical, serological, shackle, sickle, skeptical, sociological, Sokol, sparkle, spectacle, spherical, sprinkle, statistical, stereotypical, stickle, strategical, suckle, surgical, symmetrical, tabernacle, tackle, tactical, technical, technological, teleological, tentacle, testicle, theatrical, theological, theoretical, tickle, tinkle, topical, toxicological, trickle, tricycle, tropical, twinkle, typical, typographical, tyrannical, umbilical, uncle, uncritical, uneconomical, unequivocal, unethical, unicycle, unshackle, untypical, vehicle, vertical, viatical, virological, vocal, whimsical, Winkle, wrinkle, zoological. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-h-k-l" | |
-1 letter: cheek, cleek, leech. | |
-2 letters: eche, heck, heel, keel, lech, leek, leke. | |
-3 letters: cee, cel, eel, eke, elk, lee, lek. | |
-4 letters: eh, el, he. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-h-k-l" | |
+1 letter: heckled, heckler, heckles. | |
+2 letters: cheekful, cheekily, hecklers. | |
+3 letters: bechalked, checkable, checkless, cheekfuls, leechlike. | |
+4 letters: cherrylike, cherublike, shellacked. | |
+5 letters: breechblock, chimneylike, chucklehead, chucklesome, cockleshell, honeysuckle, huckleberry, knucklehead, leatherback, leatherneck, machinelike, schnorkeled, shacklebone, uncheckable. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 65 63 6B 6C 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).... . -.-. -.- .-.. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01100101 01100011 01101011 01101100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H e c k l e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0065 0063 006B 006C 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)427169777871 |
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