Dictionary Definition
mock adj : constituting a copy or imitation of
something; "boys in mock battle" n : the act of mocking or
ridiculing; "they made a mock of him"
Verb
1 treat with contempt; "The new constitution
mocks all democratic principles" [syn: bemock]
2 imitate with mockery and derision; "The
children mocked their handicapped classmate"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɒk
Noun
Translations
an imitation
- Finnish: jäljitelmä
- Japanese:模造品(もぞうひん, mozōhin)
- Russian: подделка (podd'élka)
act of mocking
a school exam
- Finnish: harjoituskoe
- ttbc Dutch: imitatie
- ttbc German: Nachahmung
- ttbc Portuguese: simulado
- ttbc Spanish: imitación, burla
Translations
to mimic
to taunt
- Finnish: pilkata, ivata
- German:trotzen
- Hebrew:
- Russian: передразнивать (p'er'edráznivat')
to disappoint someone
- Hebrew:
- ttbc Polish: nasladowac
- ttbc Spanish: imitar, burlar.
See also
Adjective
mock (no comparative or superlative)Translations
imitation, not genuine
- Finnish: teko-
- German: Schein-, nachgemacht
- Hebrew:
- Russian: поддельный (podd'él'nyj)
Extensive Definition
A Mock can refer to:
- a shirt that employs a mock collar
- mock trial - an imitation of a trial
- virtual mock - any object that mimics the behavior of a real object in a controlled way
- mock object - a simulated objects that mimics the behavior of real objects in controlled ways
- mock theta function - a mathematical function
- Mock-orange - a genus of shrubs
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Parthian shot, abuse, adopt, affect, affected, affront, alike, alternate, alternative, ape, aped, apocryphal, appropriate, artificial, aspersion, assume, assumed, atrocity, back answer, backup, bamboozle, barrack, bastard, be merry with, beguile, betray, bluff, bogus, brickbat, brummagem, buffoon, burlesque, butt, cajole, call names, caricature, caustic remark,
chaff, cheat, cheat on, circumvent, clinquant, colorable, colored, comeback, conjure, consimilar, contempt, contumely, copied, copy, copycat, counterfeit, counterfeited, crack, crack a joke, crack wise,
cut, cut at, cutting remark,
deceive, decry, defy, delude, deride, derision, derive from, despite, diddle, dig, dig at, disdain, dishonor, disoblige, disparage, distorted, double-cross,
dressed up, dummy,
dump, dump on, dupe, embellished, embroidered, enormity, equivalent, ersatz, factitious, fake, faked, fakement, false, falsified, farce, favoring, feign, feigned, fictitious, fictive, fleer, fleer at, flout, flouting, following, foolery, forestall, forged, forgery, frame-up, fraud, fraudulent, fun, gammon, garbled, get around, gibe, gibe at, gibing retort, give
offense to, gull, guy, hit off, hit off on, hoax, hocus-pocus, hokey, homogeneous, hornswaggle, humbug, humiliate, humiliation, hurl a
brickbat, identical,
illegitimate,
imitate, imitated, imitation, impersonate, impostor, indignity, infringe, injury, insult, jab, jab at, jape, jeer, jeer at, jeering, jest, jester, jibe at, joke, josh, juggle, junk, junky, kid, kid around, lampoon, laugh at, leg-pull, let
down, like, lout, make a funny, make fun, make
fun of, make use of, make-believe, makeshift, man-made, mime, mimic, mimicked, misapprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, misexplain, misinterpret, mislead, misread, mistake, mistranslate, mockery, nearly reproduced, not
unlike, offend, offense, outmaneuver, outrage, outreach, outsmart, outwit, overreach, parody, parrot, parting shot, paste, perverted, phony, pigeon, pilgarlic, pinch, pinchbeck, pirate, plagiarize, plagiarized, play on words,
play one false, poke fun at, pooh, pooh-pooh, pretend, pretended, provisional, proxy, pseudo, pun, put down, put something over,
put-down, put-on, put-up job, quasi, queer, quip, quiz, rag, rail at, rally, rank out, razz, resembling, reserve, revile, rib, ridicule, rip-off, rude
reproach, satirize,
scintillate,
scoff, scoff at, scorn, scout, scurrility, secondary, self-styled, sell
out, send up, sham,
shoddy, short answer,
similar, simulacrum, simulate, simulated, slam, slap, slap at, smacking of,
sneer, sneer at, snow, so-called, soi-disant,
something like, spare,
sparkle, spoof, sport, spurious, steal, stopgap, string along, substitute, suggestive of,
supposititious,
swindle, swipe, synthetic, take, take in, take off, take off
on, take on, take over, tantalize, taunt, tease, temporary, tentative, tin, tinsel, titivated, token, travesty, treat with indignity,
trick, twisted, twit, two-time, unauthentic, uncomplimentary
remark, ungenuine,
uniform with, unnatural, unreal, utility, utter a mot, verbal
thrust, vicarious,
warped, whited sepulcher,
wisecrack