mock Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of mocking or ridiculing
    • they made a mock of him
  2. verb treat with contempt
    bemock.
    • The new constitution mocks all democratic principles
  3. verb imitate with mockery and derision
    • The children mocked their handicapped classmate
  4. adjective satellite constituting a copy or imitation of something
    • boys in mock battle

WordNet

Mock transitive verb
Etymology
F. moquer, of uncertain origin; cf. OD. mocken to mumble, G. mucken, OSw. mucka.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Mocked ; present participle & verbal noun Mocking
Definitions
  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.
Mock intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. 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.
Mock noun
Definitions
  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 adjective
Definitions
  1. Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed; sham.
    That superior greatness and mock majesty. Spectator.

Webster 1913