mock
pronunciation
How to pronounce mock in British English:
UK [mɒk]
How to pronounce mock in American English:
US [mɑːk]
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- Noun:
- the act of mocking or ridiculing
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- Verb:
- treat with contempt
- imitate with mockery and derision
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- Adjective:
- constituting a copy or imitation of something
Word Origin
- mock (v.)
- early 15c., "to deceive;" mid-15c. "make fun of," from Old French mocquer "deride, jeer," of unknown origin, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *muccare "to blow the nose" (as a derisive gesture), from Latin mucus; or possibly from Middle Dutch mocken "to mumble" or Middle Low German mucken "grumble." Or perhaps simply imitative of such speech. Related: Mocked; mocking; mockingly. Replaced Old English bysmerian. Sense of "imitating," as in mockingbird and mock turtle (1763), is from notion of derisive imitation.
- mock (adj.)
- 1540s, from mock, verb and noun. Mock-heroic is attested from 1711, describing a satirical use of a serious form; mock-turtle "calf's head dressed to resemble a turtle," is from 1763; as a kind of soup from 1783.
- mock (n.)
- "derisive action or speech," early 15c., from mock (v.).
Example
- 1. You may mock if you like .
- 2. It would normally be unforgivable to mock someone 's difficulties in english .
- 3. The animals laugh and mock this little hummingbird .
- 4. People love to mock the middle class .
- 5. His rivals often mock him for flip-flopping .