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mock M0360500 (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. In an insincere or pretending manner: mock sorrowful.Idiom: make/a mock of To subject to ridicule; mock. [Middle English mokken, from Old French mocquer.] mock′er n.mock′ing·ly adv.mocker (ˈmɒkə) n (Clothing & Fashion) clothingvb (tr) (Clothing & Fashion) all mockered up dressed up[of unknown origin]ThesaurusNoun | 1. | mocker - someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derisionflouter, jeerer, scofferdisagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable | | 2. | mocker - long-tailed grey-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic songs of other birdsMimus polyglotktos, mockingbirdoscine, oscine bird - passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatusgenus Mimus, Mimus - type genus of the family Mimidae: mockingbirds | TranslationsIdiomsSeemockmocker Related to mocker: fuming, blase, revellersSynonyms for mockernoun someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derisionSynonymsRelated Words- disagreeable person
- unpleasant person
noun long-tailed grey-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic songs of other birdsSynonyms- Mimus polyglotktos
- mockingbird
Related Words- oscine
- oscine bird
- genus Mimus
- Mimus
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