heckler

Definition

One who heckles; somebody who insults, makes fun of, or teases.

Etymology

From heckle + -er.

Example Sentences

• "The juggler always seemed to have a heckler or two in the crowd on Saturdays."
• "Scott, who runs the Classic and promotes me here, said I was wrong about the heckler being the alpha male of the sport fan group. He said the alpha male would have money, cars, women and be silent. The heckler was a kind of delta male, the jester to the king alpha male. He would spend his life in the orbit of power, trailing it, circling it, but never achieving it."
• "[…] the usual gap between the time the last strike of the day departed and the first night hecklers arrived was closed with "zippers" — night fighters who, using day fighter tactics, proceeded to the target in daylight in time to relieve the last day blanket patrol."