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Webster 1913 Edition


Mocking

Mock′ing

,
Adj.
Imitating, esp. in derision, or so as to cause derision; mimicking; derisive.
Mocking thrush
(Zool.)
,
any species of the genus
Harporhynchus
, as the brown thrush (
Harporhynchus rufus
).
Mocking wren
(Zool.)
,
any American wren of the genus
Thryothorus
, esp.
Thryothorus Ludovicianus
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Mocking

MOCK'ING

,
ppr.
Imitating in contempt; mimicking; ridiculing by mimicry; treating with sneers and scorn; defeating; deluding.

MOCK'ING

,
Noun.
Derision; insult.

Definition 2024


mocking

mocking

English

Verb

mocking

  1. present participle of mock

Noun

mocking (plural mockings)

  1. action of the verb to mock

Adjective

mocking (comparative more mocking, superlative most mocking)

  1. derisive or contemptuous
  2. teasing or taunting

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