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.

Words nearby mock

mocha stone, mocha ware, mochi, mochica, mochila, mock, mock chicken, mock epic, mock mold, mock moon, mock orange

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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OTHER WORDS FROM mock

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 mocked

Advocacy groups are formed, advocacy groups are mocked, and the debate swirls on—no closer to reaching a conclusion.
Playing Violent Video Games Makes You a Better Person, Study Says|Kevin Zawacki|July 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
First, George Will mocked the “Bring Back Our Girls” hashtag as an “exercise in self esteem.”
Go Away, Coulter and Limbaugh; Hashtagging Is Better Than Snarking|Dean Obeidallah|May 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Viagra and Cialis are two of the most mocked medicines on the market.
Viagra Promising for Muscular Dystrophy Patients|Emily Shire|May 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The delightfully trippy television special has been mocked as feminist propaganda disguised as entertainment.
‘Free to Be…You and Me’ Did Not Emasculate Men|Emily Shire|March 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST

When he learned his official diagnosis—acute compartment syndrome—he mocked it a little.
Reporter Miles O’Brien Lost an Arm but None of His Admirable Spirit or Wit|Kevin Bleyer|March 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I gazed at commonplaceness and dulness—I mocked at it; and now it has conquered me!
The Journal of Arthur Stirling|Upton Sinclair
He never dreamt that his cause was lost, and he mocked and defied the Revolution to the end.
Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3)|John Morley
It was for this, their cowardice and delay, they said, that the gods had mocked them.
Ulric the Jarl|William O. Stoddard
"You can't go very far in that short dress and those thin slippers," mocked Mignon.
Marjorie Dean|Pauline Lester
But all the loveliness of the new day only mocked at the lonely girls in the wagon.
The Plow-Woman|Eleanor Gates

British Dictionary definitions for mocked

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

Derived forms of mock

mockable, adjectivemocker, nounmocking, noun, adjectivemockingly, adverb

Word Origin for mock

C15: from Old French mocquer

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