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05-05-2004, 11:26 AM
Main Entry: mock
Pronunciation: 'mäk, 'mok
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French mocquer
transitive senses
1 : to treat with contempt or ridicule : DERIDE
2 : to disappoint the hopes of
3 : DEFY, CHALLENGE
4 a : to imitate (as a mannerism) closely : MIMIC b : to mimic in sport or derision
intransitive senses : JEER, SCOFF
synonym see RIDICULE, COPY
- mock·er noun
- mock·ing·ly /'mä-ki[ng]-lE, 'mo-/ adverb
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