to harass (a public speaker, performer, etc.) with impertinent questions, gibes, or the like; badger.

hackle 1 ( def. 7 ) .

hackle 1 ( def. 5 ) .

verb

encourage , help , promote , support

verb

badger , bait , bother , bully , chivy , dis , discomfit , disconcert , disrupt , disturb , embarrass , faze , gibe , hound * , interrupt , pester , plague , rattle , ride * , ridicule , shout at , taunt , tease , torment , worry , bullyrag , hector , hound , chaotic , confused , flushed , frenzied , harass , jeer , mock , needle , ride , unsettled , wild