All 3 Uses of
mock
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
- He's not trying to mock you, he's trying to be polite.
p. 243..9 (definition 1) *mock = make fun of
- I'll answer any question you got—get me up here an' mock me, will you?
p. 248..3 (definition 1)
Uses with a very rare meaning:
- High above us in the darkness a solitary mocker poured out his repertoire in blissful unawareness of whose tree he sat in, plunging from the shrill kee, kee of the sunflower bird to the irascible qua-ack of a bluejay, to the sad lament of Poor Will, Poor Will, Poor Will.
p. 342..1 (definition 2) *mocker = a mockingbird
Definitions:
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(1) (mock as in: don't mock me) make fun of (ridicule--sometimes by imitating in an exaggerated manner)
or (more rarely): just to make fun or to be ridiculous without targeting anyone as a victimeditor's notes: These senses of mockery come together when a comedian pokes fun at a politician by pretending to be the politician and saying ridiculous things.
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)