Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To treat with ridicule or contempt; deride: synonym: ridicule.
- intransitive verb To imitate in fun or derision.
- intransitive verb To mimic or resemble closely.
- intransitive verb To frustrate the hopes or intentions of.
- intransitive verb To cause to appear irrelevant, ineffectual, or impossible.
- intransitive verb To express scorn or ridicule; jeer.
- noun The act of mocking.
- noun An object of scorn or derision.
- adjective Simulated; false; sham.
- adverb In an insincere or pretending manner.
- idiom (make/a) To subject to ridicule; mock.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A root or stump.
- noun A tuft of sedge.
- noun Derisive or contemptuous action or speech; also, a bringing into contempt or ridicule.
- noun That which one derides or mocks.
- noun Mimicry; imitation.
- noun A trifle.
- noun Mock turtle.
- Feigned; counterfeit; spurious: as, mock heroism; mock modesty; a mock battle.
- Having close resemblance, as if imitative.
- To treat derisively or contemptuously; make sport of by mimicry, ridicule, or sarcasm; deride.
- To simulate, imitate, or mimic; produce a semblance of.
- To deceive by simulation or pretense: disappoint with false expectation; fool.
- To set at naught; defy.
- Synonyms Ridicule, etc. (see
taunt ), jeer at, gibe at, take off, make game of. - Mimic, Ape, etc. See
imitate . - To delude.
- To use ridicule or derision; gibe or jeer; flout: often with at.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To make sport in contempt or in jest; to speak in a scornful or jeering manner.
- noun An act of ridicule or derision; a scornful or contemptuous act or speech; a sneer; a jibe; a jeer.
- noun rare Imitation; mimicry.
- transitive verb To imitate; to mimic; esp., to mimic in sport, contempt, or derision; to deride by mimicry.
- transitive verb To treat with scorn or contempt; to deride.
- transitive verb To disappoint the hopes of; to deceive; to tantalize.
- adjective Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed; sham.
- adjective (Bot.) a genus of slender umbelliferous herbs (Discopleura) growing in wet places.
- adjective burlesquing the heroic.
- adjective See
Blende (a). - adjective (Zoöl.) the European blackcap.
- adjective (Bot.) a genus of American and Asiatic shrubs (Philadelphus), with showy white flowers in panicled cymes.
Philadelphus coronarius , from Asia, has fragrant flowers; the American kinds are nearly scentless. - adjective See
Parhelion . - adjective a soup made of calf's head, veal, or other meat, and condiments, in imitation of green turtle soup.
- adjective a fabric made in imitation of velvet. See
Mockado .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
imitation , usually with the connotation that it's one of lesser quality. - noun Mockery, the act of mocking.
- noun A
practice exam set by an educating institution to prepare students for an important exam. - verb To
mimic , tosimulate . - verb To make fun of by mimicking, to
taunt .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Temple at Jerusalem, with all that about the 'Mark of the Beast;' that mock (I suppose it was _mock_) miracle, with the fire consuming the sacrifice, and then that awful portent of darkness, thunder, and lightning -- but no rain.
The Mark of the Beast Sidney Watson
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A "rat fink" was an insult, the crazed character created by pioneering artist / car designer "Big Daddy" Roth, and (as "Rat Pfink") the title mock-superhero in the film "Rat Pfink a Boo Boo" by legendary cult film director Ray Dennis Steckler, who also passed away recently.
Music For Maniacs 2009
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And we were performing what we call mock transplantation, being sure that as a team, we are ready to go through many hours working together on this particular patient.
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My parents used to make what they called mock crab cakes.
Recipe of the Day: Italian-Style Vegetable Pancakes - Bitten Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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If you are unable to make fresh fish stock fom fish bones, you can substitute what I call mock stock in this recipe.
THE TANTE MARIE’S COOKING SCHOOL COOKBOOK MARY RISLEY 2003
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If you are unable to make fresh fish stock fom fish bones, you can substitute what I call mock stock in this recipe.
THE TANTE MARIE’S COOKING SCHOOL COOKBOOK MARY RISLEY 2003
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If you are unable to make fresh fish stock fom fish bones, you can substitute what I call mock stock in this recipe.
THE TANTE MARIE’S COOKING SCHOOL COOKBOOK MARY RISLEY 2003
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The severed head of the artificial scuttled across the floor, while the body shuddered, spinning on the spot and waving its arms in mock horror that such a fate could befall it.
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One hand sliding up and down his shaft, the other remaining in mock salute.
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One hand sliding up and down his shaft, the other remaining in mock salute.
bilby commented on the word mock
Another winter,
And here am I,
By the side of the stove,
that a woman might dream of me,
That I might bury in her breast
A secret she would not mock;
Dreaming that in my fading years
I might spring forth as light,
And she would say:
This light is mine;
Let no woman draw near it.
- Buland al-Haidari, 'Old Age'.
September 16, 2008