heckler

noun

heck·ler ˈhe-k(ə-)lər

plural hecklers

: one who heckles someone (such as a performer or speaker) usually by shouting criticisms or insults

Instead of ignoring the trash talking, [Joey] Votto decided to play with the hecklers. "I remember when you used to be good," one fan shouted out. "I remember when you used to be thin," Votto fired back.—

Jimmy Traina

As is usual with us, we can't remember any of the jokes well enough to tell them—only one reply made by a comedian, Professor Irwin Corey, to a heckler. "When your I.Q. reaches twenty-eight," Corey told the man, "sell!"—

The New Yorker

Examples of heckler in a Sentence

avoided the hecklers who hung out on the street corner making threatening remarks to passersby

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Taylor Swift's fans, known as the Swifties, noticed a special detail on Jason Kelce during a heated moment with a heckler that has since gone viral. —

Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024 On November 1, The New York Times reported that the 36-year-old former NFL player slammed a heckler's phone to the ground while attending a Penn State home game against Ohio State. —

Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 2 Nov. 2024 The Stormtroopers, or Sturmabteilung, probably organized the antisemitic hecklers that evening. —

Tomas Weber, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024 But shortly into the characteristically raunchy tune, Bloom is confronted by a heckler in the audience. —

Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for heckler