All 4 Uses
mock
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Sweet Far Thing
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- It would be unbearable," Felicity mocks.†
Chpt 2
- "Why, it isn't rubbish at all," I say with mock sincerity.†
Chpt 2 *
- You mock me!†
Chpt 2
- I put my hand to my heart mockingly and gasp, and, freshly offended, they march off whispering about me anew.†
Chpt 3 *
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. -
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(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.