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Definition

making fun of

or:

not real

Some forms of mock (though not mockery) can mean not real — as in "a mock trail" or "mocking a smile".

mockery = something that is ridiculous

mockery = something that appears ridiculous

American's have a hard time understanding that to mock Islam is to invite violence.
Sodapop looked down at me with mock superiority, but Darry went on:
S.E. Hinton -- The Outsiders

mock = fake (not really felt)

He's not trying to mock you, he's trying to be polite.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

mock = make fun of

Robert squealed in mock terror, then in real pain.
William Golding -- Lord of the Flies

mock = pretend

Stanley had also tried to explain that he needed to save his energy so he could teach Zero how to read, but the other boys just mocked him.
Louis Sachar -- Holes

mocked = made fun of

mock = making fun of

You mock at everything, and then suggest the most serious tragedies.
Oscar Wilde -- The Picture of Dorian Gray

mock = make fun of

mocking = ridiculing

The catcalls and hisses and mocking cries ran in rude gusts round the hall from his scattered fellow students.
James Joyce -- A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

mocking = ridiculing (making fun of)

mockery = ridicule (to make fun of)

He stood aside and bowed her through the door with a mockery that made her wince.
Margaret Mitchell -- Gone with the Wind

mockery = ridicule

mock = make fun of

The lieutenant looked sharply up as if he thought he was being mocked.
Graham Greene -- The Power and the Glory

mocked = made fun of

It's a terrible sin for a son to mock his father with jokes like that.
Athol Fugard -- Master Harold...and the Boys

mock = make fun of

When they are alone, my Lady waves her hand to dispense with such mockeries.
Charles Dickens -- Bleak House

mockeries = ridiculous things

mock = fake (not real)

And had this teacher just mocked me for that?
Sherman Alexie -- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

mocked = made fun of (ridiculed)

A gasp of mock-fright from the children, then The Snow Queen began.
David Almond -- Kit's Wilderness

mock = pretend (not real)

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