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as in to parody
to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of
team members good-naturedly mocked the coach's familiar bellow
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as in to ridicule
to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter
the fashion gurus loved to mock the famous couple for their unsophisticated clothes
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as in to disobey
to go against the commands, prohibitions, or rules of
a person willing to mock the religious prohibition against working on the Sabbath
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as in faux
being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials
mock turtle soup
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as in fake
lacking in natural or spontaneous quality
since I had inadvertently learned what I was getting, I opened the present with mock surprise
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as in joke
a person or thing that is made fun of
they made a mock of the new recruit in front of the whole unit
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as in copy
something that is made to look exactly like something else
obviously, the "priceless" Grecian urn that is destroyed in the movie was a mock
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as in sardonic
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as in ridiculing
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as in parodying
to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of
team members good-naturedly mocked the coach's familiar bellow
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as in taunting
to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter
the fashion gurus loved to mock the famous couple for their unsophisticated clothes
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as in disobeying
to go against the commands, prohibitions, or rules of
a person willing to mock the religious prohibition against working on the Sabbath
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Recent Examples of mock
Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 1 Nov. 2024
Harris renewed her pitch to those voters in an interview on Spanish-language radio earlier this week, and her campaign was quick to release a new ad highlighting the offensive remarks made at the rally, in which a comedian mocked Latinos and Puerto Rico.
—Cheyanne M. Daniels, The Hill, 31 Oct. 2024
Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
Students around the country are getting mock elections, nine-week campaign courses and field trips to the polls, where many high school seniors will vote for their first time on Tuesday.
—Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 11 May 2024
In addition, there already appears to be a consensus regarding the Heat’s no-draft (at least at No. 15) list, based on the latest mock drafts offered by ESPN, The Ringer and The Athletic.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 22 June 2024
Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2024
Others argued the sketch wasn't mocking Roan's situation and was taking her side.
—Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2024
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Verb
The Rankin-Bass classic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer features Burl Ives as Sam the Snowman, who tells viewers the story of Rudolph, a reindeer who is mocked by his fellow reindeer for his glowing red nose.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 1 Nov. 2024
Harris renewed her pitch to those voters in an interview on Spanish-language radio earlier this week, and her campaign was quick to release a new ad highlighting the offensive remarks made at the rally, in which a comedian mocked Latinos and Puerto Rico.
—Cheyanne M. Daniels, The Hill, 31 Oct. 2024
Adjective
Wear rubber gloves and clip a mangled licking branch (which holds the forehead and saliva scent of several bucks and does) from atop an active scrape and wire it over a mock scrape near your stand.
—Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
Students around the country are getting mock elections, nine-week campaign courses and field trips to the polls, where many high school seniors will vote for their first time on Tuesday.
—Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
Some have joked that will be the case considering this is expected to be among the weakest draft classes in an extremely long time, and the number of unknown foreign players at the top of many mocks could make this tricky for executives to judge.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 11 May 2024
In addition, there already appears to be a consensus regarding the Heat’s no-draft (at least at No. 15) list, based on the latest mock drafts offered by ESPN, The Ringer and The Athletic.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 22 June 2024
Verb
Nasrallah posed as a kind of Che Guevara of the Arab world—mocking his enemies, living mostly underground.
—Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2024
Others argued the sketch wasn't mocking Roan's situation and was taking her side.
—Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Mock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mock. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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