Both Uses of
mock
in
Mansfield Park
- Grant is ill," said she, with mock solemnity.†
Chpt 18
- "Sir, you do me honour," was Crawford's answer, with a bow of mock gravity.†
Chpt 34 *
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.