mocking
Use Mocking in a sentence
verb (used with object)
1.
to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
2.
to ridicule by mimicry of action or speech; mimic derisively.
3.
to mimic, imitate, or counterfeit.
4.
to challenge; defy: His actions mock convention.
5.
to deceive, delude, or disappoint.
verb (used without object)
6.
to use ridicule or derision; scoff; jeer (often followed by at ).
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noun
7.
a contemptuous or derisive imitative action or speech; mockery or derision.
8.
something mocked or derided; an object of derision.
9.
an imitation; counterfeit; fake.
adjective
Verb phrases 11.
feigned; not real; sham: a mock battle.
12.
mock up, to build a mock-up of.
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mock (mɒk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb (when intr, | |
| 1. | to behave with scorn or contempt (towards); show ridicule (for) |
| 2. | (tr) to imitate, esp in fun; mimic |
| 3. | (tr) to deceive, disappoint, or delude |
| 4. | (tr) to defy or frustrate: the team mocked the visitors' attempt to score |
| —n | |
| 5. | the act of mocking |
| 6. | a person or thing mocked |
| 7. | a counterfeit; imitation |
| 8. | informal (often plural) (in England and Wales) the school examinations taken as practice before public examinations |
| —adj | |
| 9. | sham or counterfeit |
| 10. | serving as an imitation or substitute, esp for practice purposes: a mock battle; mock finals |
| [C15: from Old French mocquer] | |
| 'mockable | |
| —adj | |
| 'mocker | |
| —n | |
| 'mocking | |
| —n, —adj | |
| 'mockingly | |
| —adv | |
| mock (mɒk) | |
| —vb (when intr, | |
| 1. | to behave with scorn or contempt (towards); show ridicule (for) |
| 2. | (tr) to imitate, esp in fun; mimic |
| 3. | (tr) to deceive, disappoint, or delude |
| 4. | (tr) to defy or frustrate: the team mocked the visitors' attempt to score |
| —n | |
| 5. | the act of mocking |
| 6. | a person or thing mocked |
| 7. | a counterfeit; imitation |
| 8. | informal (often plural) (in England and Wales) the school examinations taken as practice before public examinations |
| —adj | |
| 9. | sham or counterfeit |
| 10. | serving as an imitation or substitute, esp for practice purposes: a mock battle; mock finals |
| [C15: from Old French mocquer] | |
| 'mockable | |
| —adj | |
| 'mocker | |
| —n | |
| 'mocking | |
| —n, —adj | |
| 'mockingly | |
| —adv | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
mock
mid-15c., from M.Fr. mocquer "deride, jeer," from O.Fr., perhaps from V.L. *muccare "to blow the nose" (as a derisive gesture), from L. mucus; or possibly from M.Du. mocken "to mumble" or M.L.G. mucken "grumble." Related: Mocked; mocking; mockingly. Replaced O.E. bysmerian. Sense of "imitating," as
in mockingbird and mock turtle (1763), is from notion of derisive imitation. The adjective is 1540s, from the noun.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Keep gasoline handy or that generator won't be doing anything but sitting there mocking you with visions of what might have been.
Again, it appears that you are mocking rather than critiquing.
Mocking the ethics law simply fuels a cynicism that can only make future ethics battles harder.
Mocking other countries can easily seem patronising and crude.
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