All 5 Uses of
mock
in
Bleak House
- "Yet what a mockery it is, miss," he said with his hand upon his heart and shaking his head at me in a melancholy manner over the tray, "to be stationed behind food at such a moment."
Chpt 7-9 (definition 1)mockery = ridiculous thing
- They then report progress to the eminent Smallweed, waiting at the office in his tall hat for that purpose, and separate, Mr. Guppy explaining that he would terminate his little entertainment by standing treat at the play but that there are chords in the human mind which would render it a hollow mockery.
Chpt 19-21 (definition 1)
- I did believe that I could, and would, charge them with being the mockery they were until I died of some bodily disorder.†
Chpt 22-24 (definition 1)
- Here some shrill spectre cries out in a mocking manner, "Oh, good gracious!"
Chpt 34-36 (definition 1) *mocking = ridiculous
Uses with a very rare meaning:
- When they are alone, my Lady waves her hand to dispense with such mockeries.
Chpt 46-48 (definition 2) *mockeries = ridiculous things (unimportant things)
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 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.
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)