heckling, barracking
(noun) shouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagree
Source: WordNet® 3.1
barracking
present participle of barrack
barracking (plural barrackings)
An act of jeering or heckling.
(Australia, New Zealand) The act of cheering for or supporting a team.
Source: Wiktionary
Bar"rack, n. Etym: [F. baraque, fr. It. baracca (cf. Sp. barraca), from LL. barra bar. See Bar, n.]
1. (Mil.)
Definition: A building for soldiers, especially when in garrison. Commonly in the pl., originally meaning temporary huts, but now usually applied to a permanent structure or set of buildings. He lodged in a miserable hut or barrack, composed of dry branches and thatched with straw. Gibbon.
2. A movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc. [Local, U.S.]
Bar"rack, v. t.
Definition: To supply with barracks; to establish in barracks; as, to barrack troops.
Bar"rack, v. i.
Definition: To live or lodge in barracks.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
