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The Meaning of mock

  • (v. t.) To imitate; to mimic; esp., to mimic in sport, contempt, or derision; to deride by mimicry.
  • (v. t.) To treat with scorn or contempt; to deride.
  • (v. t.) To disappoint the hopes of; to deceive; to tantalize; as, to mock expectation.
  • (v. i.) To make sport contempt or in jest; to speak in a scornful or jeering manner.
  • (n.) An act of ridicule or derision; a scornful or contemptuous act or speech; a sneer; a jibe; a jeer.
  • (n.) Imitation; mimicry.
  • (a.) Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed; sham.

Synonyms

bemock , sneer , fling , gibe , jeer , scoff , taunt , treat , handle , do by

Antonyms

echt , genuine

Homophones

maack , mach , moc , moch , mok

Rhymes

ad-hoc , adcock , aftershock , airlock , alcock , antiknock , antilock , antioch , baack , bach , balk , ballcock , bangkok , barach , baulk , bedrock , bloc , bloch , block , blok , boardwalk , boch , bock , bohlke , bok , broc , brock , calk , catwalk , caulk , chalk , chock , chok , clock , cloque , cock , comstock , cornstalk , croc , crock , crosstalk , crosswalk , deadlock , doc , dock , eisenach , elcock , electroshock , erlach , estok , falk , falke , faulk , feedstock , flintlock , floc , flock , frock , fyock , gamecock , gawk , glock , gocke , gohlke , goshawk , gridlock , groch , haack , haacke , haak , hammerlock , hamrock , hancock , hassebrock , hauck , hauk , hauke , havelock , hawk , hawke , haycock , hemlock , hitchcock , hoc , hoch , hock , hollyhock , interlock , iraq , jacques , jaywalk , jock , kilmarnock , kloc , klock , klocke , knaack , knaak , knock , kock , kok , kroc , krock , krok , kwok , laack , laake , landlock , lauck , laughingstock , laycock , leacock , livestock , loch , lock , locke , maack , mach , madlock , manioc , maroc , matchlock , mauck , mauk , maycock , moch , mohawk , mok , nighthawk , nock , norwalk , oarlock , och , overstock , padlock , pathak , peacock , ploch , plock , poch , pock , poppycock , reichenbach , restock , roadblock , roc , roch , rock , rocke , rocque , salk , sauk , schaack , schalk , schlock , schoch , shaak , shamrock , shedlock , sherlock , shock , shrock , shylock , sidewalk , skok , skroch , sleepwalk , smock , sock , sok , spock , spurlock , squawk , staack , stalk , stock , stocke , stokke , strock , talk , tock , tomahawk , toque , undock , unlock , vlok , vocke , waack , walk , walke , warloeck , wedlock , woodcock , woodstock , yeosock , zoch , zwack