All 6 Uses
mock
in
Macbeth
(Edited)
- Away, and mock the time with fairest show.
False face must hide what the false heart doth know.p. 45.7 * - Away, and mock the time with fairest show.
False face must hide what the false heart doth know.p. 46.7 * - The doors are open, and the surfeited grooms
Do mock their charge with snores.p. 55.3 * - The doors are open, and the surfeited grooms
Do mock their charge with snores.p. 54.3 * - Unreal mockery, hence!
p. 107.4
- Unreal mockery, hence!
p. 116.6
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) Less commonly, mock can refer to a way of preparing food. Mockers can be an abbreviation for mockingbirds.