mock
verb (used with object)
to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
is mocking
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present progressiveof mock (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The team with all the gold makes the rules, and the new rule is that the Dodgers win every year, and now their most famous owner is mocking you?
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2025
"It is mocking us, saying drivers get a living wage. I'll be better off working for a cleaning company," he added.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2025
“It’s like Mother Nature is mocking you,” said Lafe Hermansen, treasurer of North Shore Little League in the northern Seattle suburbs.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 13, 2020
Not that Tinniswood is mocking; Tinniswood hardly ever mocks.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 28, 2018
“And you’re staying in Apartment A. I think the universe is mocking us.”
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
