All 11 Uses of

mock
in
An American Tragedy

I thought maybe you had forgotten me by now," she said mockingly.†
Chpt 2

mockingly = in a manner intended to make fun of

They had not been harassed, tortured, mocked by the ill-fate of his early life and training, forced to sing and pray on the streets as he had in such a degrading way, when his whole heart and soul cried out for better things.†
Chpt 3 *

mocked = made fun of

And it was the ground floor of this building, looking out into Bickel Street at the front and some dreary back yards of equally dreary frame houses, which was divided at the front into a hall forty by twenty-five feet in size, in which had been placed some sixty collapsible wood chairs, a lectern, a map of Palestine or the Holy Land, and for wall decorations some twenty-five printed but unframed mottoes which read in part: WINE IS A MOCKER, STRONG DRINK IS RAGING AND WHOSOEVER IS DECEIVED THEREBY IS NOT WISE.†
Chpt 1

Remember always what I have told you so often "Strong drink is raging and wine is a mocker," and it is my earnest prayer that these words will ring in your ears every time you are tempted—for I am sure now that that was perhaps the real cause of that terrible accident.†
Chpt 2

Then noting Clyde, and as though for the first time, although he had risen as they entered and was still standing, she paused in semi-mock modesty as did the others.†
Chpt 2

"Tell me," she added with provoking and yet probably only mock serious eyes and waving the bag toward Roberta, "what shall I do with heem?†
Chpt 2

And although Roberta sensed the basis of this sudden shift, still she was so utterly alone and distrait that she was willing to give ear to Clyde's mock genial, if not exactly affectionate observations and suggestions.†
Chpt 2

And so, on the contrary, he drifted—thinking most idly at times of some possible fake or mock marriage such as he had seen in some melodramatic movie—a fake minister and witnesses combining to deceive some simple country' girl such as Roberta was not, but at such expense of time, resources, courage and subtlety as Clyde himself, after a little reflection, was wise enough to see was beyond him.†
Chpt 2

Truly, it seemed to mock him—this strangeness—this dark pool, surrounded on all sides by those wonderful, soft, fir trees.†
Chpt 2 *

And then once more the voice of that weird, contemptuous, mocking, lonely bird.†
Chpt 2

And then moistening his dry lips with his tongue, he could only achieve, "Why, how do you do, Mr. Smillie?" to which the latter replied, with a mock geniality, "Why, hello, Clyde, certainly sorry to see you tied up in a place like this."†
Chpt 3

Definitions:

(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 victim

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) (mock as in: a mock trial)
not real
(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.