All 7 Uses of
mock
in
As You Like It
- Let us sit and mock the good housewife
Scene 1.2mock = make fun of
- You mean to mock me after; you should not have mocked me before; but come your ways.
Scene 1.2
- you should not have mocked me before;
Scene 1.2 *mocked = made fun of
- For my sake be comfortable: hold death awhile at the arm's end: I will here be with thee presently; and if I bring thee not something to eat, I'll give thee leave to die: but if thou diest before I come, thou art a mocker of my labour.
Scene 2.6mocker = person ridiculing (making fun)
- Not a whit, Touchstone; those that are good manners at the court are as ridiculous in the country as the behaviour of the country is most mockable at the court.
Scene 3.2mockable = capable of being made fun ofstandard suffix: The suffix "-able" means able to be. This is the same pattern you see in words like breakable, understandable, and comfortable.
- Nay, but the devil take mocking: speak sad brow and true maid.
Scene 3.2mocking = ridicule
- But till that time Come not thou near me; and when that time comes Afflict me with thy mocks, pity me not; As till that time I shall not pity thee.
Scene 3.5
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 victimThese senses of mockery come together when a comedian pokes fun at a politician by pretending to be the politician and saying ridiculous things. -
(2)
(mock as in: a mock trial) not real
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, mock can refer to a way of preparing food. Mockers can be an abbreviation for mockingbirds.