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Webster 1913 Edition

Mock

Mock

,
Verb.
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.
Shakespeare
Mocking
marriage with a dame of France.
Shakespeare
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
.

Mock

,
Verb.
I.
To make sport in 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.

Mock

,
Noun.
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.

Mock

,
Adj.
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
(Zool.)
,
the European blackcap.
–
Mock orange
(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.
–
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 1828 Edition

Mock

MOCK

,
Verb.
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. Judg.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

,
Verb.
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

,
Noun.
Ridicule; derision; sneer; an act manifesting contempt.
Fools make a mock at sin. Prov.14.
What shall be the portion of those who make a mock at every thing sacred?
1.
Imitation; mimicry. [Little used.]

MOCK

,
Adj.
False, counterfeit; assumed; imitating reality, but not real.
That superior greatness and mock majesty--

Definition 2024

mock

mock

See also: Möck

English

Alternative forms

Noun

mock ‎(plural mocks)

  1. An imitation, usually of lesser quality.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Crashaw to this entry?)
  2. Mockery, the act of mocking.
    • Bible, Proverbs xiv. 9
      Fools make a mock at sin.
  3. A practice exam set by an educating institution to prepare students for an important exam.
    He got a B in his History mock, but improved to an A in the exam.

Translations

Verb

mock ‎(third-person singular simple present mocks, present participle mocking, simple past and past participle mocked)

  1. To mimic, to simulate.
    • Shakespeare
      To see the life as lively mocked as ever / Still sleep mocked death.
    • Shakespeare
      Mocking marriage with a dame of France.
  2. To make fun of by mimicking, to taunt.
    • Bible, 1 Kings xviii. 27
      Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud.
    • Gray
      Let not ambition mock their useful toil.
  3. To tantalise, and disappoint the hopes of.
    • Bible, Judges xvi. 13
      Thou hast mocked me, and told me lies.
    • 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part II, Act V, Scene III:
      And with his spirit sadly I survive, / to mock the expectations of the world; / to frustrate prophecies, and to raze out / rotten opinion […]
    • 1603, William Shakespeare, Othello, Act III, Scene III:
      "It is the greene-ey'd Monster, which doth mocke / The meate it feeds on."
    • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost:
      Why do I overlive? / Why am I mocked with death, and lengthened out / to deathless pain?
    • Milton
      He will not […] / Mock us with his blest sight, then snatch him hence.
    • 1765, Benjamin Heath, A revisal of Shakespear's text, page 563 (a commentary on the "mocke the meate" line from Othello):
      ‘Mock’ certainly never signifies to loath. Its common signification is, to disappoint.
    • 1812, The Critical Review or, Annals of Literature, page 190:
      The French revolution indeed is a prodigy which has mocked the expectations both of its friends and its foes. It has cruelly disappointed the fondest hopes of the first, nor has it observed that course which the last thought that it would have pursued.

Derived terms

Synonyms

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  • See also Wikisaurus:imitate

Translations

See also

Adjective

mock ‎(not comparable)

  1. Imitation, not genuine; fake.
    mock turtle soup‎
    mock leather‎

Translations

Etymology

From Middle English mokken, from Middle French mocquer ‎(“to deride, jeer”), from Middle Dutch mocken ‎(“to mumble”) or Middle Low German mucken ‎(“to grumble, talk with the mouth half-opened”), both from Old Saxon *mokkian, *mukkian ‎(“to low, mumble”), from Proto-Germanic *mukkijaną, *mūhaną ‎(“to low, bellow, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *mūg-, *mūk- ‎(“to low, mumble”). Cognate with Dutch mokken ‎(“to mock”), Old High German firmucken ‎(“to be stupid”), Modern German mucksen ‎(“to utter a word”), Dutch dialectal mokkel ‎(“kiss”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /mɒk/
  • (US) IPA(key): /mɑk/
  • Rhymes: -ɒk

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