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mock
[ mok ]
verb (used with object)
- to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
Synonyms: lampoon, parody, josh, tease, chaff, gibe, ridicule, scorn, deride
- to ridicule by mimicry of action or speech; mimic derisively.
- to mimic, imitate, or counterfeit.
- to challenge; defy:
His actions mock convention.
- to deceive, delude, or disappoint.
noun
- a contemptuous or derisive imitative action or speech; mockery or derision.
- something mocked or derided; an object of derision.
- an imitation; counterfeit; fake.
- Shipbuilding.
- a hard pattern representing the surface of a plate with a warped form, upon which the plate is beaten to shape after furnacing.
- Also called mock mold. bed ( def 23 ).
verb phrase
- to build a mock-up of.
mock
/ mɒk /
verb
- whenintr, often foll by at to behave with scorn or contempt (towards); show ridicule (for)
- tr to imitate, esp in fun; mimic
- tr to deceive, disappoint, or delude
- tr to defy or frustrate
the team mocked the visitors' attempt to score
noun
- the act of mocking
- a person or thing mocked
- a counterfeit; imitation
- informal.often plural (in England and Wales) the school examinations taken as practice before public examinations
adjective
- sham or counterfeit
- serving as an imitation or substitute, esp for practice purposes
a mock battle
mock finals
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Derived Forms
- ˈmockingly, adverb
- ˈmockable, adjective
- ˈmocker, noun
- ˈmocking, nounadjective
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Other Words From
- mock·a·ble adjective
- mock·er noun
- un·mocked adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mock1
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Origin of mock1
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Example Sentences
She jumps on his back, mock-choking him and covering his eyes.
Satirists are reliant ultimately on the very establishment they mock.
He's so white he's almost mock-white, and so are his jerky, long-necked, mechanical-man movements.
Arab standup comics, and even an Iraqi TV show, regularly mock ISIS mercilessly.
Dogs were used in the interrogations, and the accused were subjected to mock executions.
For others life is but a foolish leisure with mock activities and mimic avocations to mask its uselessness.
Now men laughed at him, pointed to him with their fingers, and made their children mock and hoot the penniless insolvent.
Gone, too, is the hamlet of Garratt, whose mock elections of a Mayor caused such convivial excitement a century ago.
Even the mock hero, the good young man who tries to raise himself, has something comic in him.
Dispense with ornaments altogether rather than wear mock jewelry.
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