Mock Definition

mŏk

mocked, mocking, mocks

verb

mocked, mocking, mocks

To hold up to scorn or contempt; ridicule.

Webster's New World

To imitate or mimic, as in fun or derision; burlesque.

Webster's New World

To lead on and disappoint; deceive.

Webster's New World

To mimic or resemble closely.

A whistle that mocks the call of seabirds.

American Heritage

To show or express scorn, ridicule, or contempt; jeer.

Webster's New World

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Antonyms:
tell truth
flatter
praise
exalt

noun

mocks

An act of mocking; jibe; sneer.

Webster's New World

A person or thing receiving or deserving ridicule or derision.

Webster's New World

An imitation or counterfeit.

Webster's New World

A practice exam set by an educating institution to prepare students for an important exam.

He got a B in his History mock, but improved to an A in the exam.

Wiktionary

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adjective

Sham; false; imitation; pretended.

A mock battle.

Webster's New World

Of or designating a food that imitates another in some way.

The filling of mock apple pie tastes as if it contains apples.

Webster's New World

Imitation, not genuine (mock turtle soup, mock leather); fake.

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adverb

In a false or insincere manner.

Mock-sympathetic words.

Webster's New World

idiom

make

To subject to ridicule; mock.

American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Mock

Noun

Singular:

mock

Plural:

mocks

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Mock

make

Origin of Mock

From Middle English mokken, from Middle French mocquer (“to deride, jeer"), from Middle Dutch mocken (“to mumble") or Middle Low German mucken (“to grumble, talk with the mouth half-opened"), both from Old Saxon *mokkian, *mukkian (“to low, mumble"), from Proto-Germanic *mukkijanÄ…, *mÅ«hanÄ… (“to low, bellow, shout"), from Proto-Indo-European *mÅ«g-, *mÅ«k- (“to low, mumble"). Cognate with Old High German firmucken (“to be stupid"), Modern German mucksen (“to utter a word"), Dutch dialectal mokkel (“kiss").

From Wiktionary
Middle English mokken from Old French mocquer

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition