heckle
Interrupt with insults
To heckle is to interrupt a speaker or performer with hostile or mocking comments: Protesters heckled the senator throughout her speech.
The word implies persistent disruption rather than a single outburst.
Comedians often develop skills for handling hecklers, turning interruptions into material.
A heckler is someone who heckles.
Vocal expression of scorn
- booShout to startle or jeer
- catcallHarassing shout or whistle
- shoutLoud vocal outburst
- harassPersistently torment someone
badger · provoke · needle · bait · goad · antagonize · deride · mock
Contemptuous mocking treatment
- scoffMock with disdain
- sneerScornful expression
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
contempt · jibe · gibe · sarcasm · lampoon · caricature · put-down · insult
Solo comedic performance
- comedianProfessional humor performer
- audienceGathered viewers collectively
- improvUnscripted comedic performance
- punchlineHumor's final delivery
stage · roast · mic · set · crowd · club · performer · routine
Toothed grooming implement
Interrupt and disorder
- interruptBreak in upon
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- rallyGathering for a cause
- speechOral communication ability
politician · activist · ejection · security · silenced · removed · outburst · confrontation
jeer
Vocal expression of scorn
harass · badger · provoke · needle · bait · goad · antagonize · deride · mock · razz
ridicule
Contemptuous mocking treatment
scorn · contempt · jibe · gibe · sarcasm · lampoon · caricature · put-down · insult · belittle
stand-up
Solo comedic performance
- comedianProfessional humor performer
- audienceGathered viewers collectively
- improvUnscripted comedic performance
punchline · stage · roast · mic · set · crowd · club · performer · routine · comeback
comb
Toothed grooming implement
tow · linen · processing · separate · prepare · tool · tease
disrupt
Interrupt and disorder
- interruptBreak in upon
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- rallyGathering for a cause
speech · politician · activist · ejection · security · silenced · removed · outburst · confrontation · dissent
- crowd soundsapplause, boo, booing, boos, cheer
- disparagementdefame, denigrate, disparage, malign, slander
- jokesjokes, joke, puns, one-liners, pun
- tauntstaunts, taunt, taunting, neener neener, insults
- teasingtease, teasing, rib, ribbing, josh
- interruptionsinterruption, cutting off, disruption, butting in, interjecting