mocque
mocque is the obsolete form of mock.
Meaning of mock
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...
- 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
- To tantalise, and disappoint the hopes of.
- The wind is mocking my efforts to light a fire!
- 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
Forms of mocque
| third-person singular present | mocques |
|---|---|
| present participle | mocquing |
| past participle | mocqued |
| past | mocqued |
Questions about mocque
- What is mocque the obsolete form of?
- Mocque is the obsolete form of mock.
Words near mocque in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: mocque (page history and authors); mock (page history and authors). 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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