mɔk v.,
adj., & n. --v. 1 a tr.
ridicule; scoff
at. b intr. (foll. by at)
act with scorn or
contempt for. 2 tr.
mimic contemptuously. 3 tr.
jeer,
defy, or
delude contemptuously. --attrib.adj.
sham,
imitation (esp.
without intention to deceive); pretended (a mock
battle; mock cream). --n. 1 a
thing deserving scorn. 2 (in pl.) colloq. mock examinations. ømake mock (or a mock) of ridicule. mock-heroic adj. (of a
literary style) burlesquing a
heroic style. --n.
such a style. mock
moon paraselene. mock
orange a white-flowered heavy-scented shrub,
Philadelphus coronarius. mock
sun parhelion. mock
turtle soup soup
made from a calf's
head etc. to
resemble turtle soup. mock-up an
experimental model or
replica of a proposed
structure etc. øømockable adj. mockingly adv. [ME mokke, mocque f. OF mo(c)quer
deride f. Rmc]