1. people who interrupt a public speaker with rude or challenging comments
Usage: plural of heckler

Examples

• The politician was interrupted by hecklers during his speech.
• Security removed the hecklers from the auditorium.
• The comedian handled the hecklers with quick wit.
• Hecklers shouted questions from the back of the room.
• The speaker tried to ignore the persistent hecklers.
• Several hecklers were escorted out of the town hall meeting.