All 4 Uses of
mock
in
A Lesson Before Dying
- His eyes mocked me.†
Chpt 9 (definition 1) *
- They were big brown eyes, and the whites were too reddish, and he had been thinking too much the past few weeks, and the eyes mocked me.†
Chpt 9 (definition 1)
- His big brown eyes with reddish whites mocked me.†
Chpt 9 (definition 1)
- There were mock fights.
Chpt 12 (definition 2) *mock = not real (pretending)
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.
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(2) (mock as in: a mock trial) not real