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 mocker

A mocker, trilling in sudden ecstacy of life, spread a larger melody through all the wood.
The Magnificent Adventure|Emerson Hough
You forget that I had had the chance of searching deep beneath the mocker.
Simon the Jester|William J. Locke
They are bitternut (Hicoria minima), pignut (Hicoria glabra), and mocker nut (Hicoria alba).
American Forest Trees|Henry H. Gibson
The Bohemian mocker of the holy mass, or of some wonder-working statue of the Virgin, is pursued with divine vengeance.
Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864|Various

“Well, it has,” replied Bob, as he pretended to kick a live coal toward the mocker.
Camping on the St. Lawrence|Everett T. Tomlinson

British Dictionary definitions for mocker (1 of 2)

mocker

/ (ˈmɒkə) Australian slang, old-fashioned /

noun

clothing

verb (tr)

all mockered up dressed up

Word Origin for mocker

of unknown origin

British Dictionary definitions for mocker (2 of 2)

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 mocker (1 of 4)

mocker

late 15c., agent noun from mock (v.).

Word Origin and History for mocker (1 of 4)

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.

Word Origin and History for mocker (2 of 4)

mock

adj.

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.

Word Origin and History for mocker (3 of 4)

mock

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

mock

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verb (used without object)

noun

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