mock


Definition: Meaning of, mock in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / mɒk /

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mock mocked mocked
Present Participle Third Person Singular
mocking mocks
  1. [intransitive and transitive] formal to laugh at someone or something and try to make them look stupid by saying unkind things about them or by copying them [=  make fun of]
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  2. [transitive] formal to make something seem completely useless
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[only before noun]
  1. not real, but intended to be very similar to a real situation, substance etc
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  2. mock surprise/horror/indignation etc surprise etc that you pretend to feel, especially as a joke
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mock mocks
  1. mocks [plural] British English school examinations taken as practice before official examinations
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  2. make mock of somebody literary to mock someone
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mock used in phrases

  • Mock Turtle, the
    1. a character in the book ALICE IN WONDERLAND by Lewis CARROLL, who is a strange and sad creature who often cries
  • mock azalia (noun)
    1. south African shrub having a swollen succulent stem and bearing showy pink and white flowers after the leaves fall; popular as an ornamental in tropics
  • mock orange (noun)
    1. large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes
    2. shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit
  • mock privet (noun)
    1. evergreen shrub with white flowers and olivelike fruits
  • mock sun (noun)
    1. a bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals
  • mock turtle soup (noun)
    1. soup made from a calf's head or other meat in imitation of green turtle soup
  • mock turtleneck (noun)
    1. American English a type of TURTLENECK SWEATER
  • mock-heroic (noun)
    1. a satirical imitation of heroic verse
  • mock-up (noun)
    1. a full size model of something, made before the real thing is built, or made for a film, show etc
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mock used in phrasal verbs

  • mock up (phrasal verb)
    1. to make a simple copy of something that you will later make or do properly, in order to test it or show people what it will be like
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Definition: Meaning of, mock- in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / mɒk /

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  1. used to show that an attitude or feeling is pretended, not real
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  2. copying a particular style, especially of building
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mock used in phrasal verbs

  • mock up (phrasal verb)
    1. to make a simple copy of something that you will later make or do properly, in order to test it or show people what it will be like
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