All 5 Uses of
mock
in
Unbroken, by Hillenbrand
- Hauled out and forced to run, Louie was trounced, and the guards made tittering mockery of him.
p. 207.7 *mockery = insult or ridicule
- The bomber, soon to be named Tokyo Rose as a mocking homage to the women who broadcast Japanese propaganda, was piloted by Captain Ralph Steakley.†
p. 249.3
- A few children scampered about, raising their arms in imitation of surrender and mocking the prisoners.†
p. 281.2
- They saw women holding sharpened sticks, practicing lunges at stacks of rice straw, and small children being lined up in front of schools, handed wooden mock guns, and drilled.†
p. 292.1 *
- The Bird watched Louie, amused by his suffering, mocking him.†
p. 295.9
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.