as in harasser
a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another
avoided the hecklers who hung out on the street corner making threatening remarks to passersby
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In the season 1 finale, Culkin, 44, makes a hilarious appearance as a heckler during the fictional Los Angeles Waves basketball team as another character uses the game to profess his love publicly by singing a Taylor Swift song.
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Kelsie Gibson, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025
Musk didn't provide any evidence that the heckler had any affiliation with George Soros.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
In the end, she was more affected by the people in the crowd and on staff who stood up to the hecklers.
—Jeremy Helligar, People.com, 29 Mar. 2025
President Jackson is also known for descending from a terrace at the White House in mid-speech to beat a heckler with his hickory stick.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 21 Mar. 2025
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Kelsie Gibson, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025
Musk didn't provide any evidence that the heckler had any affiliation with George Soros.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
In the end, she was more affected by the people in the crowd and on staff who stood up to the hecklers.
—Jeremy Helligar, People.com, 29 Mar. 2025
President Jackson is also known for descending from a terrace at the White House in mid-speech to beat a heckler with his hickory stick.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Heckler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heckler. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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