mock

(Anglès)

Noun

1. An imitation, usually of lesser quality.
2. Mockery; the act of mocking.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of mock examination.
4. A mockup or prototype; particularly, ellipsis of mock object, as used in unit testing.

Verb

1. To mimic, to simulate.
2. (rare) To create an artistic representation of.
3. To make fun of, especially by mimicking; to taunt.
4. To tantalise, and disappoint the hopes of.
5. (transitive) To create a mockup or prototype of.

Adj

Imitation, not genuine; fake.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/mɒk/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: mokken

Cognat amb neerlandès: mokken

Cognat amb alt alemany antic: firmucken

Cognat amb alemany: mucksen

Cognat amb frisó occidental: mokke

Cognat amb suec: mucka

Cognat amb neerlandès: mokkel

In summary

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 *mukkijaną, *mūhaną (“to low, bellow, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *mūg-, *mūk- (“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”).

Conceptes

simulat

fer befa

fer escarni

mofar-se

burlar-se de

riure’s de

imitat

ridiculitzar amb menyspreu

ridiculitzar

burlar-se

🤣

fingit

Sinònims

ridicule

deride

make fun of

jeer

tease

scoff

laugh at

taunt

imitate

sneer

scorn

mimic

sham

flout

jeer at

ape

🐒

copy

false

satirize

insult

counterfeit

gibe

jest

parody

pretended

spurious

joke

🤣

imitation

make fun

fun

pseudo

jibe

laugh

😆

bogus

feigned

scoff at

poke fun at

pester

simulated

mockery

shoddy

fake

lampoon

chaff

guy

derision

quasi

hoot

razz

defy

Traduccions

moquer

se moquer de

bespotten

burlarse

spotten

deridere

verspotten

se moquer

honen

mofarse

κοροϊδεύω

spotten

bafouer

canzonare

dileggiare