mock

[mok]

See more synonyms for mock on Thesaurus.com

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.
1. a hard pattern representing the surface of a plate with a warped form, upon which the plate is beaten to shape after furnacing.
2. bed(def 23).

adjective

feigned; not real; sham: a mock battle.

Verb Phrases

mock up, to build a mock-up of.

Origin of mock

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

Related formsmock·a·ble, adjectivemock·er, nounmock·ing·ly, adverbself-mock·ing, adjectiveun·mocked, adjectiveun·mock·ing, adjectiveun·mock·ing·ly, adverb

Synonyms for mock

See more synonyms for on Thesaurus.com

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

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Related Words for mockers

skeptic, doubter, pessimist, detractor, hypocrite, unbeliever, questioner, egotist, caviler, misanthrope, egoist, misogynist, carper, misogamist, mocker, scoffer, satirist, misanthropist, impersonator, cheat

Examples from the Web for mockers

Historical Examples of mockers

To bid the mockers and them that dare—dare to profane this sanctuary be careful.
Keziah Coffin
Joseph C. Lincoln
Why should Heathcote escape the jeers of mockers, while he (Dick) had to bear the brunt of them?
Follow My leader
Talbot Baines Reed
They were heavily armed, their prowlers beside them and their mockers on their shoulders.
Space Prison
Tom Godwin
Their weapons were ready, the mockers were trained, the prowlers were waiting.
Space Prison
Tom Godwin
One pair of mockers survived and had two young ones that fall.
Space Prison
Tom Godwin

British Dictionary definitions for mockers

mockers

pl n

put the mockers on informal to ruin the chances of success ofAlso (Austral): put the mock on, put the mocks on

Word Origin for mockers

C20: perhaps from mock

mock

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

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for mockers

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

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.

mock

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