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mocking

Syllables: mock·ingUK/ˈmɒkɪŋ//ˈmɑkɪŋ/

mocking is the present participle and gerund of mock.

Adjective

mocking (comparative more mocking, superlative most mocking)

  1. derisive or contemptuous
  2. teasing or taunting
    • mocking laugh
    • mocking laughter

Meaning of mock

Verb

mock (third-person singular simple present mocks, present participle mocking, simple past and past participle mocked)

  1. 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...
  2. (rare) 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...
  3. 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
  4. To tantalise, and disappoint the hopes of.
    • The wind is mocking my efforts to light a fire!
  5. (transitive) 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

See all 10 meanings of mock

Noun

mocking (countable and uncountable, plural mockings)

  1. mockery

Forms of mocking

Noun
pluralmockings
Adjective
comparativemore mocking
superlativemost mocking

Words formed from mocking

Phrases with mocking

Words that rhyme with mocking

Questions about mocking

What does mocking mean?
Mocking means mockery.
What is mocking the present participle and gerund of?
Mocking is the present participle and gerund of mock.
What part of speech is mocking?
Mocking can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce mocking?
Mocking is pronounced /ˈmɑkɪŋ/ (US).
What is the plural of mocking?
The plural of mocking is mockings.

Words near mocking in the dictionary

  1. mockgovernment
  2. mockgovernments
  3. mockgovs
  4. mockie
  5. mockies
  6. mocking
  7. mocking bird
  8. mocking birds
  9. mocking is catching
  10. mocking out
  11. mocking up

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