Dictionary Entry
mock
mock is a 4-letter English word with 11 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To imitate; to mimic; esp., to mimic in sport, contempt, or derision; to deride by mimicry. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 11 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To imitate; to mimic; esp., to mimic in sport, contempt, or derision; to deride by mimicry.
- 2transitive verb
To treat with scorn or contempt; to deride.
- 3transitive verb
To disappoint the hopes of; to deceive; to tantalize; as, to mock expectation.
- 4intransitive verb
To make sport contempt or in jest; to speak in a scornful or jeering manner.
- 5noun
An act of ridicule or derision; a scornful or contemptuous act or speech; a sneer; a jibe; a jeer.
- 6noun
Imitation; mimicry.
- 7adjective
Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed; sham.
- 8noun
the act of mocking or ridiculing
"they made a mock of him"
- 9verb
treat with contempt
"The new constitution mocks all democratic principles"
Synonyms
- 10verb
imitate with mockery and derision
"The children mocked their handicapped classmate"
- 11adjective
constituting a copy or imitation of something
"boys in mock battle"
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