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

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

Recently, he saw a Chicago Transit Authority mock-up of what his block could look like once the station is built.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• copy
• figure
• image
• painting
• photograph
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