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mock¹
- /mɒk/ UK
- /mɑk/ US
Sounds like mark, Mark, marque (non-rhotic, father–bother merger) · Rhymes with -ɒk
Where it comes from
From Middle English mokken, from Old French mocquer, moquier (“to deride, jeer”), from Middle Dutch mocken (“to mumble”) or Middle Low German mucken (“to grumble, talk with the mouth half-opened”), both from Proto-West Germanic *mokkijan, *mukkijan (“to low, bellow; mumble”), from Proto-Germanic *mukkijaną, *mūhaną (“to low, bellow, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *mūg-, *mūk- (“to low, mumble”).
Cognate with Dutch mokken (“to sulk; pout; mope; grumble”), Old High German firmucken (“to be stupid”), Modern German mucksen (“to utter a word; mumble; grumble”), West Frisian mokke (“to mope; sulk; grumble”), Swedish mucka (“to murmur”), dialectal Dutch mokkel (“kiss”).
noun mocks · mocque
- An imitation, usually of lesser quality. Is tortured thirst itself too sweet a cup? Gall, and more bitter mocks, shall make it up.
- Mockery; the act of mocking. Fooles make a mocke at ſinne: but among the righteous there is fauour.
- Ellipsis of mock examination He got a B in his History mock, but improved to an A in the exam.
- A mockup or prototype; particularly, ellipsis of mock object, as used in unit testing. You can, if you must, create a mock that derives from a concrete class. The problem is that the resulting class represents a mix of production and mocked behavior, a beast referred to as a partial mock.
verb mocks · mocking · mocked · mocque
- To mimic, to simulate. To see the life as lively mocked as ever / Still sleep mocked death.
- To create an artistic representation of. [I]ts sculptor well those passions read / Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, / The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed: […]
- To make fun of, especially by mimicking; to taunt. And it came to paſſe at noone, that Eliiah mocked them, and ſaide, Crie aloud: for he is a god, either he is talking, or he is purſuing, or hee is in a iourney, or peraduenture he ſleepeth, and muſt be awaked.
- To tantalise, and disappoint the hopes of. The wind is mocking my efforts to light a fire!
- To create a mockup or prototype of. They can also mock other integration points such as backend, database, or any other external resource.
Similar: befool, chaff, disparage, forgab, frump, gleek, jape, jeer, jibe, josh, kid, lampoon, mimic, mock, needle, niggle, razz, rib, roast, satirize, scoff, scorn, slag, tease, twit, bust on, extract the urine, clown around, make a fool of, make fun of
adjective mocque
- Imitation, not genuine; fake. mock leather
Mock²
Where it comes from
* As an English surname, related to Old English muga (“stack of hay”), or alternatively from the verb mock.
* As a German surname, spelling variant of Maag. Also from a derivative of the source of "heap" above; compare German Low German Muck.
* As a Dutch surname, from Middle Dutch mocke (“wanton woman, slut”) and perhaps West Flemish mokke (“fat child”), also related to the sense of heap above.
proper noun Mocks
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: bemock, counterfeit, mimic, imitative, spoofed, ridicule, taunt, jape, farcical, scoff, laugh, sham, fake, faux, bogus, phony
Translations
Every language
noun imitation
| 日本語 | 模造品 mozōhin |
|---|---|
| Português | imitação |
| Français | imitation, succédané |
| Deutsch | Nachahmung, Imitation |
| Italiano | farsa, imitazione |
| Русский | подде́лка poddélka |
noun act of mocking
| Español | burla |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 嘲笑 chōshō, 嘲り azakeri |
| Português | escárnio, motejo |
| Français | moquerie |
| Deutsch | Parodie, Veralberung |
| Italiano | derisione, finto, simulato |
| Русский | насме́шка nasméška, паро́дия paródija |
| עברית | סניטה snitá |
noun practice exam
| Español | simulacro |
|---|---|
| Português | simulado |
| Français | examen blanc |
| Русский | предварительный экзамен predvaritelʹnyj ekzamen |
| עברית | מַתְכֹּנֶת matkónet |
noun a mockup, prototype
| Deutsch | Prototyp |
|---|---|
| Русский | прототип prototip, мок-объект mok-obʺjekt |
verb to mimic
| Español | imitar, remedar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 真似る maneru |
| Português | simular, imitar, macaquear, remedar, arremedar |
| Français | imiter |
| Deutsch | nachahmen, nachäffen |
| Italiano | parodiare, imitare, deridere, emulare, simulare |
| Ελληνικά | μιμούμαι mimoúmai |
| Русский | подража́ть podražátʹ, имити́ровать imitírovatʹ |
verb to taunt
| Español | burlarse de, fisgar, mofar, pitorrearse, cachondear, guasear |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 揶揄う karakau |
| Português | escarnecer, troçar, zombar |
| Français | moquer |
| Deutsch | aufziehen, hochnehmen, veralbern |
| Italiano | scimmiottare, schernire, sbeffeggiare, deridere |
| Ελληνικά | κοροϊδεύω koroïdévo |
| Русский | передра́знивать peredráznivatʹ |
| עברית | סנט sanát |
verb to disappoint someone
| Español | decepcionar |
|---|---|
| Português | decepcionar, desapontar |
| Deutsch | enttäuschen |
| Italiano | deludere |
| Ελληνικά | απογοητεύω apogoïtévo |
| עברית | אכזב ikhzév |
adj imitation, not genuine
| Português | falso |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Schein-, nachgemacht |
| Русский | подде́льный poddélʹnyj |
| עברית | ־דמה -déme |
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