mock

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

bespotten

moquer

se moquer de

deridere

burlarse

spotten

se moquer

verspotten

mofarse

κοροϊδεύω

honen

spotten

canzonare

bafouer

zombar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mɒk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: mokken

Cognate with Dutch: mokken

Cognate with Old High German: firmucken

Cognate with German: mucksen

Cognate with Western Frisian: mokke

Cognate with Swedish: mucka

Cognate with Dutch: 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”).