heckle
verb [transitive, intransitive]- heckle (somebody)
to interrupt a speaker at a public meeting by shouting out questions or rude remarks （对演说者）责问，诘问，起哄 Word OriginMiddle English (originally referring to the act of splitting and straightening out the fibres of flax or hemp): from heckle ‘flax comb’, a northern and eastern form of hackle. The sense ‘interrupt (a public speaker) with aggressive comments’ arose in the mid 17th cent.; for the development in sense, compare with tease.