Heckle vs Skewer - What's the difference?
heckle | skewer |
To question harshly in an attempt to find or reveal weaknesses.
To insult, tease, make fun of or badger.
A long pin, normally made of metal or wood, used to secure food during cooking.
(chess) A scenario in which a piece attacks a more valuable piece which, if it moves aside, reveals a less valuable piece. Compare pin.
To impale on a skewer.
(chess) To attack a piece which has a less valuable piece behind it.
To severely mock or discredit.
* 26 June 2014 , A.A Dowd, AV Club Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler spoof rom-com clichés in They Came Together [http://www.avclub.com/review/paul-rudd-and-amy-poehler-spoof-rom-com-cliches-th-206220]
As verbs the difference between heckle and skewer
is that heckle is to question harshly in an attempt to find or reveal weaknesses while skewer is to impale on a skewer.As a noun skewer is
a long pin, normally made of metal or wood, used to secure food during cooking.heckle
English
Verb
(heckl)- Promise that you won't heckle me after my performance.
skewer
English
(wikipedia skewer)Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- Parody, in its purest form, is an act of both mockery and appreciation. True masters of the practice possess a bone-deep understanding of their targets; they skewer because they love—or at least, because they’ve done their homework.
