mock
verb /mɒk/
/mɑːk/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they mock | /mɒk/ /mɑːk/ |
| he / she / it mocks | /mɒks/ /mɑːks/ |
| past simple mocked | /mɒkt/ /mɑːkt/ |
| past participle mocked | /mɒkt/ /mɑːkt/ |
| -ing form mocking | /ˈmɒkɪŋ/ /ˈmɑːkɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] mock (somebody/something) | mock (somebody) + speech to laugh at somebody/something in an unkind way, especially by copying what they say or do synonym make fun of
- He's always mocking my French accent.
- The other children mocked her, laughing behind their hands.
- You can mock, but at least I'm willing to have a try!
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesc1- ‘Too scary for you?’ he mocked gently.
- He openly mocked his parents.
- She mocked him for his failure.
- a faintly mocking smile
- He mocked her hopes of stardom.
- She mocked him with her smile.
- The play subtly mocks the conventions of courtly love.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- bitterly
- cruelly
- mercilessly
- …
- at
- for
- with
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- [transitive] mock something (formal) to show no respect for something
- The new exam mocked the needs of the majority of children.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- bitterly
- cruelly
- mercilessly
- …
- at
- for
- with
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French mocquer ‘deride’.