mock
UK/mɒk//mɑk/
mock noun: an imitation, usually of lesser quality. Also the ellipsis of mock examination.
Noun
mock (plural mocks)
- An imitation, usually of lesser quality.
- Is tortured thirst itself too sweet a cup?
Gall, and more bitter mocks, shall make it up.a. 1649, Richard Crashaw, The Hymn
- Is tortured thirst itself too sweet a cup?
- Mockery; the act of mocking.
- Fooles make a mocke at ſinne: but among the righteous there is fauour.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 14:9, column 2
- Thus says my king; an if your father's highness
Do not, in grant of all demands at large,
Sweeten the bitter mock you sent his majesty,
He'll call you to so hot an answer of it1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
- A mockup or prototype; particularly, ellipsis of mock object, as used in unit testing.
- You can, if you must, create a mock that derives from a concrete class. The problem is that the resulting class represents a mix of production and mocked behavior, a beast referred to as a partial mock.2013, Jeff Langr, Modern C++ Programming with Test-Driven Development
- Mocks replace the objects with which your methods under test collaborate, thus offering a layer of isolation.2020, Cătălin Tudose, JUnit in Action, 3rd edition, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 139
Verb
mock (third-person singular simple present mocks, present participle mocking, simple past and past participle mocked)
- To mimic, to simulate.
- To see the life as lively mocked as ever / Still sleep mocked death.c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
- Mocking marriage with a dame of France.c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
- To create an artistic representation of.
- [I]ts sculptor well those passions read / Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, / The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed: […]1817 (published 11 January 1818), Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Sonnet. Ozymandias.”, in Rosalind and Helen, a Modern Eclogue; with Other Poems, London: […] [C. H. Reynell] for C[harles] and J[ames] Ollier...
- To make fun of, especially by mimicking; to taunt.
- And it came to paſſe at noone, that Eliiah mocked them, and ſaide, Crie aloud: for he is a god, either he is talking, or he is purſuing, or hee is in a iourney, or peraduenture he ſleepeth, and muſt be awaked.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Kings 18:27, column 1
- Let not ambition mock their useful toil.1750 June 12 (date written; published 1751), T[homas] Gray, “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”, in Designs by Mr. R[ichard] Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray, London: […] R[obert] Dodsley...
- To tantalise, and disappoint the hopes of.
- The wind is mocking my efforts to light a fire!
- "It is the greene-ey'd Monster, which doth mocke / The meate it feeds on."c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
- To create a mockup or prototype of.
- They can also mock other integration points such as backend, database, or any other external resource.2016, Murat Yener, Onur Dundar, Expert Android Studio, page 233
Adjective
mock (not comparable)
Proper noun capitalized: Mock
Mock (plural Mocks)
- A surname.
Also used as
mock is also the ellipsis of mock examination.
mock meaning in Marathi, Telugu, Odia and Nepali
mock in Marathi
- मॉक, मॉक करा
mock in Telugu
- మోక్
mock in Odia
- ମକ୍ କରନ୍ତୁ
mock in Nepali
- मॉक, मॉक गर्नुहोस्
More languagesFewer languages
- mock in Persian
- مسخرگی masxaregi, سماخ semâx, برساخته barsâxte, بدلی badali
- mock in Myanmar
- သရော် sa.rau
Examples of mock in a sentence
- And Delilah ſaid vnto Samſon, hitherto thou haſt mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mighteſt be bound.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Judges 16:13, column 2:
- Why do I overlive? / Why am I mocked with death, and lengthened out / to deathless pain?1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter...
- He will not […] / Mock us with his blest sight, then snatch him hence.1671, John Milton, “The Second Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn]...
- ‘Mock’ certainly never signifies to loath.1765, Benjamin Heath, A revisal of Shakespear's text, page 563 (a commentary on the "mocke the meate" line from Othello)
Synonyms of mock
22 more synonymsFewer synonyms
Forms of mock
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | mocks |
| alternative form (obsolete) | mocque |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | mocks |
| present participle | mocking |
| past participle | mocked |
| past | mocked |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Mocks |
Origin of mock
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”).
* As an English surname, related to Old English muga (“stack of hay”), or alternatively from the verb mock. * As a German surname, spelling variant of Maag. Also from a derivative of the source of "heap" above; compare German Low German Muck. * As a Dutch surname, from Middle Dutch mocke (“wanton woman, slut”) and perhaps West Flemish mokke (“fat child”), also related to the sense of heap above.
Words formed from mock
- bemock
- Bolander's mock dandelion
- mockamole
- mock azalea
- mock bishopweed
- mock buckthorn
- mockbuster
- mock cherry
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- mock-cypress
- mock dandelion
- mock duck
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- mock epic
- mock exam
- mock examination
- mock execution
- mock fish
- mockful
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- mock heather
- mock-heroic
- mockish
- mockito
- mock Latin
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- mock moon
- mockney
- mock nightingale
- mock object
- mock olive
- mock orange
- mock-orange
- mock parsley
- mock pear
- mock plum
- mock privet
- mock silver
- mocksome
- mock strawberry
- mock sun
- mocktail
- mocktini
- mock tomato
- mock trumpet
- mock Tudor
- mock-Tudor
- mock-turtle
- mock turtle
- mock turtleneck
- mock turtle soup
- mockumentary
- mock up
- mock vervain
- mock viper
- mockable
Phrases with mock
- mock out
- mock gold
- mock suns
- mock exams
- mock meats
- mock moons
- mock plums
- mock olives
- mock Tudors
- mock cypress
- mock objects
- mock oranges
7 more phrasesFewer phrases
Words that rhyme with mock
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- sock
- unlock
- baroque
- flock
- locke
- ad hoc
- frock
- unblock
- undock
- VOC
- chock
- defrock
- nock
- o'clock
- prairie dock
- proc
- smock
- acock
- amok
- bangkok
- bloc
- Carvel Rock
- doc
- grok
- hough
- loch
- pock
- slock
- wedlock
- wok
- 24-hour clock
- bock
- bok
- brocc
- choc
- croc
- digital clock
- drop lock
- Farallon Rock
- flight sock
- freezer block
- gock
- hashlock
- hock
- kozachok
- lough
- Nixon shock
- oc
Questions about mock
- What does mock mean?
- Mock means an imitation, usually of lesser quality.
- What is mock in Marathi?
- Mock in Marathi is मॉक, मॉक करा. See Mock meaning in Marathi.
- How do you use mock in a sentence?
- And Delilah ſaid vnto Samſon, hitherto thou haſt mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mighteſt be bound.
- What part of speech is mock?
- Mock can be a noun, a verb, an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce mock?
- Mock is pronounced /mɒk/ (UK).
- What is the plural of mock?
- The plural of mock is mocks.
Words near mock in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: mock (page history and authors); Mock (page history and authors); mock (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mock (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mock (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mock (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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