All 4 Uses of
mock
in
Unbroken - adapted for young adults
- Forced to run, Louie was trounced, and the guards mocked him.†
p. 157.2mocked = made fun of
- Japan mocked the Geneva Convention, enslaving POWs to support its war effort, forcing them into labor so harsh they died by the thousands.†
p. 176.9 *
- POWs saw women holding sharpened sticks, practicing lunges, and small children being drilled with wooden mock guns.†
p. 210.5 *
- The Bird stared, mocking him.†
p. 213.5
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.