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mock

Syllabification: (mock)

Pronunciation: /mäk/

Definition of mock

[with object]

tease or laugh at in a scornful or contemptuous manner:he mocks them as Washington insiders
make (something) seem laughably unreal or impossible:at Christmas, arguments and friction mock our pretense of peace
mimic (someone or something) scornfully or contemptuously.

[attributive]

not authentic or real, but without the intention to deceive:a mock-Georgian red brick house Jim threw up his hands in mock horror
(of an examination, battle, etc.) arranged for training or practice, or performed as a demonstration:Dukakis will have a mock debate with Barnett

dated an object of derision:he has become the mock of all his contemporaries

Derivatives

late Middle English: from Old French mocquer 'deride'

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