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US
/ˈmɑk/
]
[ UK /mˈɒk/ ]
[ UK /mˈɒk/ ]
VERB
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imitate with mockery and derision
The children mocked their handicapped classmate -
treat with contempt
The new constitution mocks all democratic principles
ADJECTIVE
-
constituting a copy or imitation of something
boys in mock battle
NOUN
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the act of mocking or ridiculing
they made a mock of him
How To Use mock In A Sentence
- Some of the crew went off-shift, stringing up hybrid bunks and hammocks belowdecks, the others continued working.
- Now, gentlemen, standing up here before you, I feel a good deal like Pat, and maybe after Ive spieled along for a while, I may feel so darn small that Ill be able to crawl into a Pullman hammock with no trouble at all, at all! Chapter 14
- Absorbing and retracing my history, memories of the special, never forgotten days, when our family made the crossing over the lagoon to the hummocks beyond.
- The mock-up design featured access by ramps to all raised spaces, including the judge's bench, witness stand, jury box, and clerk stations.
- Although first cousin to the melodious mockingbird, a catbird's song is seldom musical.
- Traditional sitcoms, in particular, have fallen out of fashion as networks ditched the laugh track in recent years for "dramedies" such as "Desperate Housewives" and fresher formats in the vein of the mock documentary "The Office. A Nerdy Comedy's Winning Formula
- a persistent campaign of mockery by the satirical fortnightly magazine
- The Chinese authorities remain acutely aware of Ai's complex and innovative heresy and in China, an "edgy" artist has to face greater challenges than mockery or dismissive critics. Ai Weiwei: The rebel who has suffered for his art
- Thence in comparison to pricey couches, hammocks are more user-friendly.
- They emerge, as they have again this year, as the flower buds of garlic mustard and of lady's smock appear. Times, Sunday Times