mocker
pronunciation
How to pronounce mocker in British English:
UK [mɒkə(r)]
How to pronounce mocker in American English:
US [mɒkə(r)]
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- Noun:
- someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision
- long-tailed gray-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic songs of other birds
Word Origin
- mocker (n.)
- late 15c., agent noun from mock (v.).
Example
- 1. What are the different results of rebuking a mocker and a wise man .
- 2. Whoever corrects a mocker invites insult ; whoever rebukes a wicked man incurs abuse .
- 3. The mocker knocked the stock with the knots on the stocking .
- 4. A wise son heeds his father 's instruction , but a mocker does not listen to rebuke .
- 5. Flog a mocker , and the simple will learn prudence ; rebuke a discerning man , and he will gain knowledge .