All 4 Uses of
mock
in
A Raisin in the Sun
- (When she speaks to him, her voice has become a very gentle tease)
RUTH: (Mocking; as she thinks he would say it) Oh, Mama makes me so mad sometimes, I don't know what to do!Scene 1.1 *mocking = imitating to make fun of
- (Mockingly) Yeah†
Scene 2.3mockingly = in a manner intended to make fun of
- (He laughs) BENEATHA: (Turning to him, not laughing) Yes—(Her face is quizzical, profoundly disturbed) ASAGAI: (Still teasing and reaching out and taking her face in his hands and turning her profile to him) Well ....it is true that this is not so much a profile of a Hollywood queen as perhaps a queen of the Nile—(A mock dismissal of the importance of the question) But what does it matter†
Scene 1.2 *
- Cure the Great Sore of Colonialism—(Loftily, mocking it) with the Penicillin of Independence—!†
Scene 3.1
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.