mock 
(mŏk)
(mŏk)v. mocked, mock·ing, mocks
v.tr.
1.
a. To treat with ridicule or contempt; deride: was mocked for contradicting himself; mocked her superficial understanding of the issues. See Synonyms at ridicule.
b. To imitate in fun or derision: mocked his high-pitched voice.
c. To mimic or resemble closely: a whistle that mocks the call of seabirds.
2.
a. To frustrate the hopes or intentions of: "The massive blister mocked my efforts" (Willie Morris).
b. To cause to appear irrelevant, ineffectual, or impossible: "The Depression mocked the Puritan assumption that failure in life was the wages of sin when even the hardest-working, most pious husbands began to lose hope" (Walter McDougall).
v.intr.
To express scorn or ridicule; jeer: They mocked at the idea.
n.
1. The act of mocking.
2. An object of scorn or derision: became the mock of his associates.
adj.
Simulated; false; sham: a mock battle.
adv.
Idiom: In an insincere or pretending manner: mock sorrowful.
make/a mock of
To subject to ridicule; mock.
[Middle English mokken, from Old French mocquer.]
mocker n.
mocking·ly adv.
- throw hat into the ring
- throw in
- throw-in
- throw in the sponge
- throw in the towel
- throw in the towel/sponge
- throw light on
- thrown
- throw off
- throw oneself at
- throw one's hat into the ring
- throw (one's) weight around
- throw one's weight around
- throw open
- throw out
- throw over
- throw pillow
- throw rug
- throw (someone) a bone
- throw someone a bone
- throw someone a curve ball
- throw (someone) under the bus
- throw someone under the bus
- throwster
- throw the baby out with the bath water