Both Uses of
mock
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- I mock you.†
Chpt 2.16
- He feared us so much—and with reason—that he caused himself to be represented as dead, and had a grand mock-funeral.†
Chpt 2.22 *
Definition:
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(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.