All 10 Uses of
mock
in
No Easy Day
- I found the mock-up of Bin Laden's compound just outside the doors to the main briefing room.†
p. 160.1mock-up = a model or layout (not real)
- Kneeling down to look at the mock-up, I studied the door leading into the guesthouse.†
p. 170.4
- From my perch, sitting legs blowing in the breeze just outside the left door of the helicopter, I could see the life-size mock-up of Bin Laden's compound.†
p. 173.7
- The level of detail on the mock-up was impressive.†
p. 174.3
- He knew how to work his level and had a good handle on the politics in D.C. We were about to execute what was called a "rock drill," and everything from helicopter flight paths to the mock-up of the compound was present on the floor.†
p. 176.7
- You seen the mock-up?†
p. 187.5
- This is nice," he said, leaning over it to look closely at the mock-up.†
p. 187.6
- Just like on the mock-up and pictures, there was a set of metal double doors with windows at the top.†
p. 218.7 *
- The move may have helped feed the poor or fight cancer, but it brought on years of mocking from the East Coast teams.†
p. 28.9 *
- We were going to assault a mock compound so the VIPs could watch.†
p. 177.7
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.