| slovo | definícia |
heckle
(encz) | heckle,pokřikovat |
heckle
(gcide) | Hatchel \Hatch"el\ (-[e^]l; 277), n. [OE. hechele, hekele; akin
to D. hekel, G. hechel, Dan. hegle, Sw. h[aum]kla, and prob.
to E. hook. See Hook, and cf. Hackle, Heckle.]
An instrument with long iron teeth set in a board, for
cleansing flax or hemp from the tow, hards, or coarse part; a
kind of large comb; -- called also hackle and heckle.
[1913 Webster] |
Heckle
(gcide) | Heckle \Hec"kle\, n. & v. t.
Same as Hackle.
[1913 Webster] |
Heckle
(gcide) | Heckle \Hec"kle\, v. t.
1. To interrogate, or ply with questions, esp. with severity
or antagonism, as a candidate for the ministry.
Robert bore heckling, however, with great patience
and adroitness. --Mrs. Humphry
Ward.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. To shout questions or jibes at (a public speaker), so as
to disconcert him or render his talk ineffective.
[PJC] |
heckle
(wn) | heckle
n 1: a comb for separating flax fibers [syn: hatchel,
heckle]
v 1: comb with a heckle; "heckle hemp or flax" [syn: heckle,
hackle, hatchel]
2: challenge aggressively |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
heckle
(encz) | heckle,pokřikovat |
heckled
(encz) | heckled, |
heckler
(encz) | heckler,provokatér n: Zdeněk Brožheckler,výtržník n: Zdeněk Brož |
Checkless
(gcide) | Checkless \Check"less\, a.
That can not be checked or restrained.
[1913 Webster] |
heckle
(gcide) | Hatchel \Hatch"el\ (-[e^]l; 277), n. [OE. hechele, hekele; akin
to D. hekel, G. hechel, Dan. hegle, Sw. h[aum]kla, and prob.
to E. hook. See Hook, and cf. Hackle, Heckle.]
An instrument with long iron teeth set in a board, for
cleansing flax or hemp from the tow, hards, or coarse part; a
kind of large comb; -- called also hackle and heckle.
[1913 Webster]Heckle \Hec"kle\, n. & v. t.
Same as Hackle.
[1913 Webster]Heckle \Hec"kle\, v. t.
1. To interrogate, or ply with questions, esp. with severity
or antagonism, as a candidate for the ministry.
Robert bore heckling, however, with great patience
and adroitness. --Mrs. Humphry
Ward.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. To shout questions or jibes at (a public speaker), so as
to disconcert him or render his talk ineffective.
[PJC] |
heckle
(wn) | heckle
n 1: a comb for separating flax fibers [syn: hatchel,
heckle]
v 1: comb with a heckle; "heckle hemp or flax" [syn: heckle,
hackle, hatchel]
2: challenge aggressively |
heckler
(wn) | heckler
n 1: someone who tries to embarrass you with gibes and questions
and objections [syn: heckler, badgerer] |
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