All 10 Uses
mock
in
Eclipse, by Stephenie Meyer
(Edited)
- This grin was too bitter, too full of mocking to satisfy me.
Chpt 3mocking = ridicule (making fun of)
- He grinned a mocking grin.
Chpt 4 *mocking = making fun
- He laughed mockingly.
Chpt 5mockingly = in a manner of someone making fun
- He made a face of mock horror.
Chpt 10mock = pretend (not real)
- Because Embry was clearly the thinner gray wolf with the dark spots on his back, who sat so patiently watching, while Quil — deep chocolate brown, lighter over his face — twitched constantly, looking like he was dying to join in the mock fight.
Chpt 19 *
- He shook his head in mock horror.
Chpt 20
- I laughed at the mock enthusiasm in his voice.
Chpt 21
- "You don't like the leeches being painted as the bad guys?" Jacob mocked.
Chpt 22mocked = teased
- Then, with some effort, he rearranged his expression into a slightly mocking smile.
Chpt 26mocking = teasing (making fun)
- "No. At least, I can't feel my injuries," he said, smiling mockingly again.
Chpt 26mockingly = in a manner intended to make fun
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.