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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MOCK, v.t.
1. Properly, to imitate; to mimick; hence, to imitate in contempt or derision; to mimick for the sake of derision; to deride by mimicry.
2. To deride; to laugh at; to ridicule; to treat with scorn or contempt.
As he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, saying, go up, thou bald head. 2 Kings 2. Mark 10.
3. To defeat; to illude; to disappoint; to deceive; as, to mock expectation.
Thou hast mocked me and told me lies. Judges 16.
4. To fool; to tantalize; to play on in contempt.
He will not
Mock us with his blest sight, then snatch him hence.
MOCK, v.i. To make sport in contempt or in jest, or to speak jestingly.
When thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? Job 11.
MOCK, n. Ridicule; derision; sneer; an act manifesting contempt.
Fools make a mock at sin. Proverbs 14.
What shall be the portion of those who make a mock at every thing sacred?
1. Imitation; mimicry. [Little used.]
MOCK, a. False, counterfeit; assumed; imitating reality, but not real.
That superior greatness and mock majesty--

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: constituting a copy or imitation of something; "boys in mock battle" n
1: the act of mocking or ridiculing; "they made a mock of him" v
1: treat with contempt; "The new constitution mocks all democratic principles" [syn: mock, bemock]
2: imitate with mockery and derision; "The children mocked their handicapped classmate"

Merriam Webster's

I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from moker Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to treat with contempt or ridicule ; deride 2. to disappoint the hopes of 3. defy, challenge 4. a. to imitate (as a mannerism) closely ; mimic b. to mimic in sport or derision intransitive verb jeer, scoff Synonyms: see ridicule, copy • mocker noun • mockingly adverb II. noun Date: 15th century 1. an act of ridicule or derision ; jeer 2. one that is an object of derision or scorn 3. mockery 4. a. an act of imitation b. something made as an imitation III. adjective Date: 1548 of, relating to, or having the character of an imitation ; simulated, feigned <the mock solemnity of the parody> IV. adverb Date: circa 1619 in an insincere or counterfeit manner — usually used in combination <mock-serious>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v., adj., & n. --v. 1 a tr. ridicule; scoff at. b intr. (foll. by at) act with scorn or contempt for. 2 tr. mimic contemptuously. 3 tr. jeer, defy, or delude contemptuously. --attrib.adj. sham, imitation (esp. without intention to deceive); pretended (a mock battle; mock cream). --n. 1 a thing deserving scorn. 2 (in pl.) colloq. mock examinations. Phrases and idioms: make mock (or a mock) of ridicule. mock-heroic adj. (of a literary style) burlesquing a heroic style. --n. such a style. mock moon paraselene. mock orange a white-flowered heavy-scented shrub, Philadelphus coronarius. mock sun parhelion. mock turtle soup soup made from a calf's head etc. to resemble turtle soup. mock-up an experimental model or replica of a proposed structure etc. Derivatives: mockable adj. mockingly adv. Etymology: ME mokke, mocque f. OF mo(c)quer deride f. Rmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mock Mock, n. 1. An act of ridicule or derision; a scornful or contemptuous act or speech; a sneer; a jibe; a jeer. Fools make a mock at sin. --Prov. xiv. 9. 2. Imitation; mimicry. [R.] --Crashaw.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mock Mock, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mocked; p. pr. & vb. n. Mocking.] [F. moquer, of uncertain origin; cf. OD. mocken to mumble, G. mucken, OSw. mucka.] 1. To imitate; to mimic; esp., to mimic in sport, contempt, or derision; to deride by mimicry. To see the life as lively mocked as ever Still sleep mocked death. --Shak. Mocking marriage with a dame of France. --Shak. 2. To treat with scorn or contempt; to deride. Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud. --1 Kings xviii. 27. Let not ambition mock their useful toil. --Gray. 3. To disappoint the hopes of; to deceive; to tantalize; as, to mock expectation. Thou hast mocked me, and told me lies. --Judg. xvi. 13. He will not . . . Mock us with his blest sight, then snatch him hence. --Milton. Syn: To deride; ridicule; taunt; jeer; tantalize; disappoint. See Deride.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mock Mock, a. Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed; sham. That superior greatness and mock majesty. --Spectator. Mock bishop's weed (Bot.), a genus of slender umbelliferous herbs (Discopleura) growing in wet places. Mock heroic, burlesquing the heroic; as, a mock heroic poem. Mock lead. See Blende ( a ). Mock nightingale (Zo["o]l.), the European blackcap. Mock orange (Bot.), a genus of American and Asiatic shrubs (Philadelphus), with showy white flowers in panicled cymes. P. coronarius, from Asia, has fragrant flowers; the American kinds are nearly scentless. Mock sun. See Parhelion. Mock turtle soup, a soup made of calf's head, veal, or other meat, and condiments, in imitation of green turtle soup. Mock velvet, a fabric made in imitation of velvet. See Mockado.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mock Mock, v. i. To make sport contempt or in jest; to speak in a scornful or jeering manner. When thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? --Job xi. 3. She had mocked at his proposal. --Froude.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(mocks, mocking, mocked) 1. If someone mocks you, they show or pretend that they think you are foolish or inferior, for example by saying something funny about you, or by imitating your behaviour. I thought you were mocking me... 'I'm astonished, Benjamin,' she mocked. VERB: V n, V with quote 2. You use mock to describe something which is not real or genuine, but which is intended to be very similar to the real thing. 'It's tragic!' swoons Jeffrey in mock horror... ADJ: ADJ n 3. Mocks are practice exams that you take as part of your preparation for real exams. (BRIT INFORMAL) She went from a D in her mocks to a B in the real thing. N-COUNT: usu pl

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. 1. Ape, mimic, imitate, counterfeit, take off. 2. Deride, ridicule, gibe, jeer, taunt, flout, insult, scout, chaff, laugh at, make game of, make fun of, treat with contempt, treat with scorn, make a butt of. 3. Illude, deceive, disappoint, balk, cheat, dupe, fool, tantalize, delude, defeat, mislead, elude. 4. Defy, set at nought. II. a. False, counterfeit, pretended, feigned, assumed, sham, spurious, clap-trap, make-believe. III. n. Ridicule, derision, gibe, jeer, sneer.

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