mock

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adjective

The definition of mock is something fake, or something arranged for practice.
1. A knock-off of a designer purse is an example of a mock purse.
2. A trial that is practice for the real trial is an example of a mock trial.

verb

Mock is to tease someone or make someone the object of scorn, or to mimic or imitate someone to get laughs or to insult the person.
1. When you point out how silly and stupid someone's answer is, this is an example of when you mock the person.
2. When you impersonate your teacher who you don't like in order to get laughs, this is an example of when you mock your teacher.

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mock

to hold up to scorn or contempt; ridicule
to imitate or mimic, as in fun or derision; burlesque
to lead on and disappoint; deceive
to defy and make futile; defeat: the impregnable fortress mocked the invaders

Origin of mock

Middle English mokken from Old French mocquer, to mock

to show or express scorn, ridicule, or contempt; jeer: often with at

an act of mocking; jibe; sneer
a person or thing receiving or deserving ridicule or derision
an imitation or counterfeit

sham; false; imitation; pretended: a mock battle
of or designating a food that imitates another in some way: the filling of mock apple pie tastes as if it contains apples

in a false or insincere manner: mock-sympathetic words

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mock

verb

mocked, mock·ing, mocks

verb

transitive

a. To treat with ridicule or contempt; deride: was mocked for contradicting himself; mocked her superficial understanding of the issues. See Synonyms at ridicule.
b. To imitate in fun or derision: mocked his high-pitched voice.
c. To mimic or resemble closely: a whistle that mocks the call of seabirds.
a. To frustrate the hopes or intentions of: “The massive blister mocked my efforts” ( Willie Morris )
b. To cause to appear irrelevant, ineffectual, or impossible: “The Depression mocked the Puritan assumption that failure in life was the wages of sin when even the hardest-working, most pious husbands began to lose hope” ( Walter McDougall )

verb

intransitive

To express scorn or ridicule; jeer: They mocked at the idea.

noun

The act of mocking.
An object of scorn or derision: became the mock of his associates.

adjective

Simulated; false; sham: a mock battle.

adverb

In an insincere or pretending manner: mock sorrowful.

Origin of mock

Middle English mokken from Old French mocquer

Related Forms:

mock′er
noun

mock′ing·ly
adverb

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Noun

(plural mocks)

An imitation, usually of lesser quality.
Mockery, the act of mocking.
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.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present mocks, present participle mocking, simple past and past participle mocked)

To mimic, to simulate.
To make fun of by mimicking, to taunt.
To tantalise, and disappoint (the hopes of).

Adjective

(not comparable)

imitation, not genuine (mock turtle soup, mock leather); fake

Origin

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").