heckle :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

n. a comb for separating flax fibers

v. challenge aggressively

v. comb with a heckle; "heckle hemp or flax"

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v. search (an area) for prey; "The King used to hunt these forests"

v. laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at the speaker"

v. mock or make fun of playfully; "the flirting man teased the young woman"

v. make a victim of; "I was victimized by this con-man"

v. subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"

v. harass or assault sexually; make indecent advances to

v. treat badly; "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead"

v. humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her"

v. annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"

vex

v. subject to prolonged examination, discussion, or deliberation; "vex the subject of the death penalty"

v. cause to suffer; "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union"

v. annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"

v. treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"

v. make nervous or agitated; "The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster"

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