mock-up

American  

[mok-uhp] / ˈmɒkˌʌp /

Or mockup

noun

1. a model, often full-size, for study, testing, or teaching.

   a mock-up of an experimental aircraft.

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mock-up British  

noun

1. a working full-scale model of a machine, apparatus, etc, for testing, research, etc

2. a layout of printed matter

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verb

1. (tr, adverb) to build or make a mock-up of

Etymology

Origin of mock-up

First recorded in 1915–20; noun use of verb phrase mock up

Example Sentences

That purported healing is taking place at “Free Spirits Wellness Center,” a mock-up clinic led by Sting dedicated to advance physiological and cognitive expansion for people working under intense pressure.

From Los Angeles Times

At this moment, the program doesn’t exist except in mock-up posters displayed at the Dec. 22 Mar-a-Lago announcement.

From Los Angeles Times

Some of those new technologies were on display, from a remote-controlled speedboat, zipping about in the harbour, to a mock-up of Proteus, the navy's first pilotless helicopter.

From BBC

Tenev created a mock-up of what the accounts on his app might look like, and posted on X that the platform was “ready to go.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Such is the sensitivity around a nuclear exercise that none of the planes participating are actually carrying even the mock-up weapons.

From Barron's

Related Words

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