To insult, tease, make fun of or badger, especially during a comedy performance.
To question harshly in an attempt to find or reveal weaknesses.
To prepare flax for spinning using special combs called hackles
The long shining feathers on a cock's neck.
An interruption during a show, especially a comedy performance
A feather ornament in the full-dress bonnets of Highland regiments.
To ridicule or laugh someone out of a purpose, principle, etc.; laugh down; discourage or put out of countenance by laughing.
To laugh louder than, surpass in laughing.