mock

[ mok ]

/ mɒk /

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verb (used with object)

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

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.

verb (used without object)

to use ridicule or derision; scoff; jeer (often followed by at).

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.
bed(def 23).

adjective

feigned; not real; sham: a mock battle.

Verb Phrases

mock up, to build a mock-up of.

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Origin of mock

1400–50; late Middle English mokken < Middle French mocquer

SYNONYMS FOR mock

1. deride; taunt, flout, gibe; chaff, tease. See ridicule. 5. cheat, dupe, fool, mislead.

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Related forms

mock·a·ble, adjectivemock·er, nounmock·ing·ly, adverbself-mock·ing, adjective

un·mocked, adjectiveun·mock·ing, adjectiveun·mock·ing·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for mock

Satirists are reliant ultimately on the very establishment they mock.
Harry Shearer on The Dangerous Business of Satire|Lloyd Grove|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Dogs were used in the interrogations, and the accused were subjected to mock executions.
The Myth of the Central Park Five|Edward Conlon|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Despite the lack of an immediate impact, the mock vote infused the practice of democracy into the lives of Hongkongers.
Is Hong Kong Tiananmen 2.0?|Brendon Hong|September 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This year, Hongkongers participated in PopVote, a mock referendum that gathered nearly 800,000 votes via smartphone ballots.
Is Hong Kong Tiananmen 2.0?|Brendon Hong|September 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Akbar used his time on the stand to mock Kimberlin some more.
The Weirdest Story About a Conservative Obsession, a Convicted Bomber, and Taylor Swift You Have Ever Read|David Weigel|August 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“Oh, pray take a glass with the young gentleman,” said Captain Bradshaw, with mock politeness.
The King's Own|Captain Frederick Marryat
I only say this, Madame Flamingo, to prove to you that Grouski is none of your mock articles.
An Outcast|F. Colburn Adams
One day the troops were marched to Chantilly and exercised in a mock battle.
Company G|A. R. (Albert Rowe) Barlow
With mock respect he gave advice and bowed before his officer.
Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House)|James S. De Benneville
Physical distress “is his mock and scorn; mental no man can give; and if Heaven inflicts it, all such distress is a mercy.”
William Blake|Algernon Charles Swinburne

British Dictionary definitions for mock

mock

/ (mɒk) /

verb

(when intr, 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 frustratethe team mocked the visitors' attempt to score

noun

the act of mocking

a person or thing mocked

a counterfeit; imitation

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

adjective (prenominal)

sham or counterfeit

serving as an imitation or substitute, esp for practice purposesa mock battle; mock finals

Word Origin for mock

C15: from Old French mocquer

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Word Origin and History for mock

mock

early 15c., "to deceive;" mid-15c. "make fun of," from Old French mocquer "deride, jeer," of unknown origin, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *muccare "to blow the nose" (as a derisive gesture), from Latin mucus; or possibly from Middle Dutch mocken "to mumble" or Middle Low German mucken "grumble." Or perhaps simply imitative of such speech. Related: Mocked; mocking; mockingly. Replaced Old English bysmerian. Sense of "imitating," as in mockingbird and mock turtle (1763), is from notion of derisive imitation.

mock

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1540s, from mock, verb and noun. Mock-heroic is attested from 1711; mock-turtle "calf's head dressed to resemble a turtle," is from 1763; as a kind of soup from 1783.

"derisive action or speech," early 15c., from mock (v.).

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