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mock
English
Alternative forms
- mocque (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English mokken, from Old French mocquer, moquier (“to deride, jeer”), from Middle Dutch mocken (“to mumble”) or Middle Low German mucken (“to grumble, talk with the mouth half-opened”), both from Proto-West Germanic *mokkijan, *mukkijan (“to low, bellow; mumble”), from Proto-Germanic *mukkijan?, *m?han? (“to low, bellow, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *m?g-, *m?k- (“to low, mumble”). Cognate with Dutch mokken (“to sulk; pout; mope; grumble”), Old High German firmucken (“to be stupid”), Modern German mucksen (“to utter a word; mumble; grumble”), West Frisian mokke (“to mope; sulk; grumble”), Swedish mucka (“to murmur”), dialectal Dutch mokkel (“kiss”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /m?k/
- (US) IPA(key): /m?k/
- Rhymes: -?k
Noun
mock (plural mocks)
- An imitation, usually of lesser quality.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Crashaw to this entry?)
- Mockery, the act of mocking.
- A practice exam set by an educating institution to prepare students for an important exam.
- He got a B in his History mock, but improved to an A in the exam.
- (software engineering) A mockup or prototype.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
mock (third-person singular simple present mocks, present participle mocking, simple past and past participle mocked)
- To mimic, to simulate.
- (rare) To create an artistic representation of.
- To make fun of, especially by mimicking; to taunt.
- 1751, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
- Let not ambition mock their useful toil.
- 1751, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
- To tantalise, and disappoint the hopes of.
- 1603, William Shakespeare, Othello, Act III, Scene III:
- "It is the greene-ey'd Monster, which doth mocke / The meate it feeds on."
- 1765, Benjamin Heath, A revisal of Shakespear's text, page 563 (a commentary on the "mocke the meate" line from Othello):
- ‘Mock’ certainly never signifies to loath. Its common signification is, to disappoint.
- 1812, The Critical Review or, Annals of Literature, page 190:
- The French revolution indeed is a prodigy which has mocked the expectations both of its friends and its foes. It has cruelly disappointed the fondest hopes of the first, nor has it observed that course which the last thought that it would have pursued.
- 1603, William Shakespeare, Othello, Act III, Scene III:
- (software engineering, transitive) To create a mockup or prototype of.
- What's the best way to mock a database layer?
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:mock
- See also Thesaurus:imitate
Derived terms
- mock out
- much-mocked
- mockworthy
Translations
See also
- jeer
Adjective
mock (not comparable)
- Imitation, not genuine; fake.
- 1776, United States Declaration of Independence
- For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
- 1776, United States Declaration of Independence
Translations
Anagrams
- KCMO
Middle English
Noun
mock
- Alternative form of muk
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jokes
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d???ks/
- (US) IPA(key): /d?o?ks/
- Rhymes: -??ks
Noun
jokes
- plural of joke
Adjective
jokes (comparative more jokes, superlative most jokes)
- (Britain, slang) Really good.
- 2008, "Zetsu", Floaters and gravity (on newsgroup sci.med.vision)
- Andrew VS Neil and Mike is totally jokes! I love it when Andrew gets pissed, lol. It's so cool!
- July 2012, Lily Allen, quoted in the Huffington Post [3]
- Dappy's new tune is jokes, in a good way. Thoroughly entertaining and insightful which is more than I can say for most things on the radio.
- 2008, "Zetsu", Floaters and gravity (on newsgroup sci.med.vision)
- (Britain, slang) funny or entertaining.
- Man, that video is bare jokes!
References
- The Guardian, 2007 [4]
Verb
jokes
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of joke
Anagrams
- ojeks
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