—v.
1 a tr. ridicule; scoff at. b intr. (foll. by at) act with scorn or contempt for.
2 tr. mimic contemptuously.
3 tr. jeer, defy, or delude contemptuously.
—attrib.adj. sham, imitation (esp. without intention to deceive); pretended (a mock battle; mock cream).
—n.
1 a thing deserving scorn.
2 (in pl.) colloq. mock examinations.
Phrases and idioms:
make mock (or a mock) of ridicule. mock-heroic adj. (of a literary style) burlesquing a heroic style.
—n. such a style. mock moon paraselene. mock orange a white-flowered heavy-scented shrub, Philadelphus coronarius. mock sun parhelion. mock turtle soup soup made from a calf's head etc. to resemble turtle soup. mock-up an experimental model or replica of a proposed structure etc.
Derivatives:
mockable adj. mockingly adv.
Etymology: ME mokke, mocque f. OF mo(c)quer deride f. Rmc
Useful english dictionary. 2012.