All 12 Uses of
mock
in
For Whom the Bell Tolls
- Pablo said angrily, feeling the mockery.†
Chpt 4mockery = something that is ridiculous
- The gypsy's voice rose tragically and mockingly.†
Chpt 5 *mockingly = in a manner intended to make fun of
- "Thy duty," said Agustan mockingly.†
Chpt 9
- Then the other said, 'If it is necessary to kill them all, and I am not convinced of that necessity, let them be killed decently and without mockery.'†
Chpt 10mockery = something that is ridiculous
- 'Mockery is justified in the case of Don Faustino,' the other said.†
Chpt 10
- Pilar stood with her hands on her hips looking at the boy mockingly now.†
Chpt 11mockingly = in a manner intended to make fun of
- Pilar looked at him mockingly, remembering now, proudly, her voyages.†
Chpt 19
- "Nay," Pilar mocked at him.†
Chpt 19mocked = made fun of
- "That cannot be borne," she mocked him.†
Chpt 38
- "He is the boss here," he grinned, then flexed his arms as though to make the muscles stand out and looked at the man with the carbine in a half-mocking admiration.†
Chpt 1
- But to mock such a serious man as Don Guillermo is beyond all right.†
Chpt 10 *
- Do not mock me, woman.†
Chpt 38
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.