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MOCK, v.t.

1. Properly, to imitate; to mimick; hence, to imitate in contempt or derision; to mimick for the sake of derision; to deride by mimicry.

2. To deride; to laugh at; to ridicule; to treat with scorn or contempt.

As he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, saying, go up, thou bald head. 2 Kings 2. Mark 10.

3. To defeat; to illude; to disappoint; to deceive; as, to mock expectation.

Thou hast mocked me and told me lies. Judg.16.

4. To fool; to tantalize; to play on in contempt.

He will not

Mock us with his blest sight, then snatch him hence.

MOCK, v.i. To make sport in contempt or in jest, or to speak jestingly.

When thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? Job.11.

MOCK, n. Ridicule; derision; sneer; an act manifesting contempt.

Fools make a mock at sin. Prov.14.

What shall be the portion of those who make a mock at every thing sacred?

1. Imitation; mimicry. [Little used.]

MOCK, a. False, counterfeit; assumed; imitating reality, but not real.

That superior greatness and mock majesty--



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MOCK, v.t.

1. Properly, to imitate; to mimick; hence, to imitate in contempt or derision; to mimick for the sake of derision; to deride by mimicry.

2. To deride; to laugh at; to ridicule; to treat with scorn or contempt.

As he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, saying, go up, thou bald head. 2 Kings 2. Mark 10.

3. To defeat; to illude; to disappoint; to deceive; as, to mock expectation.

Thou hast mocked me and told me lies. Judg.16.

4. To fool; to tantalize; to play on in contempt.

He will not

Mock us with his blest sight, then snatch him hence.

MOCK, v.i. To make sport in contempt or in jest, or to speak jestingly.

When thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? Job.11.

MOCK, n. Ridicule; derision; sneer; an act manifesting contempt.

Fools make a mock at sin. Prov.14.

What shall be the portion of those who make a mock at every thing sacred?

1. Imitation; mimicry. [Little used.]

MOCK, a. False, counterfeit; assumed; imitating reality, but not real.

That superior greatness and mock majesty--

MOCK, a.

False; counterfeit; assumed; imitating reality, but not real. That superior greatness and mock majesty. Spectator.


MOCK, n.

  1. Ridicule; derision; sneer; an act manifesting contempt. Fools make a mock at sin. Prov. xiv. What shall be the portion of those who make a mock at every thing sacred? Tillotsen.
  2. Imitation; mimickry. [Little used.] Crashaw.

MOCK, v.i.

To make sport in contempt or in jest, or to speak jestingly. When thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? Job xi.


MOCK, v.t. [Fr. moquer; Gr. μωκαω; W. mociaw, to mock, and moc, a mimick; Ir. magadh or mogadh, a mocking; Ch. and Syr. מוק. Class Mg, No. 10.]

  1. Properly, to imitate; to mimick; hence, to imitate in contempt or derision; to mimick for the sake of derision; to deride by mimickry.
  2. To deride; to laugh at; to ridicule; to treat with scorn or contempt. As he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, saying, Go up, thou bald head. 2 Kings ii. Mark x.
  3. To defeat; to illude; to disappoint; to deceive; as, to mock expectation. Thou hast mocked me and told me lies. Judg. xvi.
  4. To fool; to tantalize; to play on in contempt. He will not / Mock us with his blest sight, then snatch him hence. Milton.

Mock
  1. To imitate; to mimic; esp., to mimic in sport, contempt, or derision; to deride by mimicry.

    To see the life as lively mocked as ever
    Still sleep mocked death.
    Shak.

    Mocking marriage with a dame of France. Shak.

  2. To make sport in contempt or in jest; to speak in a scornful or jeering manner.

    When thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? Job xi. 3.

    She had mocked at his proposal. Froude.

  3. An act of ridicule or derision; a scornful or contemptuous act or speech; a sneer; a jibe; a jeer.

    Fools make a mock at sin. Prov. xiv. 9.

  4. Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed; sham.

    That superior greatness and mock majesty. Spectator.

    Mock bishop's weed (Bot.), a genus of slender umbelliferous herbs (Discopleura) growing in wet places. -- Mock heroic, burlesquing the heroic; as, a mock heroic poem. -- Mock lead. See Blende (a). -- Mock nightingale (Zoöl.), the European blackcap. -- Mock orange (Bot.), a genus of American and Asiatic shrubs (Philadelphus), with showy white flowers in panicled cymes. P. coronarius, from Asia, has fragrant flowers; the American kinds are nearly scentless. -- Mock sun. See Parhelion. -- Mock turtle soup, a soup made of calf's head, veal, or other meat, and condiments, in imitation of green turtle soup. -- Mock velvet, a fabric made in imitation of velvet. See Mockado.

  5. To treat with scorn or contempt; to deride.

    Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud. 1 Kings xviii. 27.

    Let not ambition mock their useful toil. Gray.

  6. Imitation; mimicry.

    [R.] Crashaw.
  7. To disappoint the hopes of; to deceive; to tantalize; as, to mock expectation.

    Thou hast mocked me, and told me lies. Judg. xvi. 13.

    He will not . . .
    Mock us with his blest sight, then snatch him hence.
    Milton.

    Syn. -- To deride; ridicule; taunt; jeer; tantalize; disappoint. See Deride.

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Mock

MOCK, verb transitive

1. Properly, to imitate; to mimick; hence, to imitate in contempt or derision; to mimick for the sake of derision; to deride by mimicry.

2. To deride; to laugh at; to ridicule; to treat with scorn or contempt.

As he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, saying, go up, thou bald head. 2 Kings 2:23. Mark 10:34.

3. To defeat; to illude; to disappoint; to deceive; as, to mock expectation.

Thou hast mocked me and told me lies. Judges 16:10.

4. To fool; to tantalize; to play on in contempt.

He will not

MOCK us with his blest sight, then snatch him hence.

MOCK, verb intransitive To make sport in contempt or in jest, or to speak jestingly.

When thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? Job 11:3.

MOCK, noun Ridicule; derision; sneer; an act manifesting contempt.

Fools make a mock at sin. Proverbs 14:9.

What shall be the portion of those who make a mock at every thing sacred?

1. Imitation; mimicry. [Little used.]

MOCK, adjective False, counterfeit; assumed; imitating reality, but not real.

That superior greatness and mock majesty--

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