a. Needing care; weak; feeble; as, a reckling child. H. Taylor. -- n. A weak child or animal. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ vb. n. from heckle{ 2 }. ] Shouting in order to interrupt a speech with which the shouter disagrees. Syn. -- barracking. [ WordNet 1.5 ]