mock

American  

[mok] / mɒk /

verb (used with object)

1. to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.

   Synonyms:

   lampoon, parody, josh, tease, chaff, gibe, ridicule, scorn, deride

2. to ridicule by mimicry of action or speech; mimic derisively.

3. to mimic, imitate, or counterfeit.

4. to challenge; defy.

   His actions mock convention.

5. to deceive, delude, or disappoint.

   Synonyms:

   mislead, fool, dupe, cheat

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verb (used without object)

1. to use ridicule or derision; scoff; jeer (often followed byat ).

noun

1. a contemptuous or derisive imitative action or speech; mockery or derision.

2. something mocked or derided; an object of derision.

3. an imitation; counterfeit; fake.

4. Shipbuilding.

   1. a hard pattern representing the surface of a plate with a warped form, upon which the plate is beaten to shape after furnacing.

   2. Also called mock mold.  bed.

adjective

1. feigned; not real; sham.

   a mock battle.

verb phrase

1. mock up to build a mock-up of.

mock British  

/ mɒk /

verb

1. to behave with scorn or contempt (towards); show ridicule (for)

2. (tr) to imitate, esp in fun; mimic

3. (tr) to deceive, disappoint, or delude

4. (tr) to defy or frustrate

   the team mocked the visitors' attempt to score

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noun

1. the act of mocking

2. a person or thing mocked

3. a counterfeit; imitation

4. informal (often plural) (in England and Wales) the school examinations taken as practice before public examinations

adjective

1. sham or counterfeit

2. serving as an imitation or substitute, esp for practice purposes

   a mock battle

   mock finals

Related Words

See ridicule.

Other Word Forms

• mockable adjective
• mocker noun
• mocking noun
• mockingly adverb
• unmocked adjective

Etymology

Origin of mock

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English mokken, from Middle French mocquer

Example Sentences

Where they all fit on individual teams or in respective mock drafts will all be more clear after free agency begins in the week ahead of the draft.

From Los Angeles Times

Some mock drafts have the senior guard as high as being picked No. 5 overall after concerns she might fall out of the first round entirely before this season.

From Los Angeles Times

You wonder if its designers—the Tokyo-based firm SANAA—were mocking the pristine white box of the contemporary museum gallery.

From The Wall Street Journal

Afroman takes the stand in a civil lawsuit brought against him by sheriff’s deputies he featured in mocking videos after they raided his home in 2022.

From Los Angeles Times

US rapper Afroman has defeated seven sheriff's deputies in a court case after they sued him for releasing songs and videos that mocked them and a raid they carried out on his home.

From BBC

Related Words

• deride
• insult
• parody
• scoff
• scorn
• taunt
• tease