hekelen

From Middle Dutch hēkelen.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦeː.kə.lə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: he‧ke‧len
• Rhymes: -eːkələn

hekelen

1. (transitive, of flax) to heckle, to comb with a hackle (heckling comb)
2. (transitive) to denounce, criticize (publicly)
3. (transitive) to satirise, to lampoon

• hekeldicht
• hekeldichter
• hekeldichteres

• hekel

From Proto-Germanic *hakilōną, related to *hakô (“hook”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛːkələn/

hēkelen

1. to prickle, to irritate

• Dutch: hekelen

• “ekelen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “hekelen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

From hekele (“a comb for flax or hemp”).

hekelen

1. To comb hemp or flax with a hekele.

• heckle