mockverb [ T ]
uk/mɒk/us/mɑːk/formal to laugh at someone, often by copying them in a funny but unkind way:
They were mocking him because he kept falling off his bike.
She made fun of him by mocking his limp.
to make something appear stupid or not effective:
The wind mocked their attempts to reach the shore by pushing the boat further and further out to sea.
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Mocking and taunting
- burlesque
- caricature
- deride
- derision
- derisive
- fun
- haze
- lampoon
- lay yourself open to ridicule idiom
- make a mockery of sth idiom
- make a monkey out of sb idiom
- mimic
- mockery
- mocking
- parody
- sardonic
- scoff
- send
- send sb/sth up
- send-up
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Treating as unimportant
Phrasal verb(s)
mock sth up
mockadjective [ before noun ]
uk/mɒk/us/mɑːk/not real but appearing or pretending to be exactly like something:
mock cream
mock leather
mock surprise
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Natural and artificial
- artificial
- bogus
- cardboard
- claim
- contrived
- fake
- inauthentic
- make no claim to be sth idiom
- man-made
- natural
- naturally
- organic
- plastic
- raw
- refined
- simulate
- synthetic
- unadulterated
- unaffected
- untouched
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mocknoun [ C ]
uk/mɒk/us/mɑːk/UKan exam taken at school for practice before a real exam:
You will have your mocks during the first two weeks of March.
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Exams, tests & exercises
- achievement test
- AP
- cloze test
- comprehension
- drill
- entrance exam
- exercise
- flunk
- IB
- IELTS
- invigilate
- oral
- prelim
- resat
- resit
- road test
- script
- sit
- TOEFL
- trial
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