Sekirov Dictionary

mock

UK /mɒk/US /mɑk/

verb 5
noun 4
adjective 1
forms 6
phrases 2

verb5

•
To make fun of, especially by mimicking; to taunt.
- Let not ambition mock their useful toil. — 1750
•
To mimic, to simulate.
- To see the life as lively mocked as ever / Still sleep mocked death. — 1610
•
To create a mockup or prototype of.
- They can also mock other integration points such as backend, database, or any other external resource. — 2016
•
(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
•
To tantalise, and disappoint the hopes of.
- The wind is mocking my efforts to light a fire!

noun4

•
An imitation, usually of lesser quality.
- Is tortured thirst itself too sweet a cup? Gall, and more bitter mocks, shall make it up. — 1649
•
Ellipsis of mock examination.
- He got a B in his History mock, but improved to an A in the exam.
•
A mockup or prototype; particularly, ellipsis of mock object, as used in unit testing.
- Mocks replace the objects with which your methods under test collaborate, thus offering a layer of isolation. — 2020
•
Mockery; the act of mocking.
- Fooles make a mocke at sinne: but among the righteous there is fauour. — 1611

adjective1

•
Imitation, not genuine; fake.
- For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States: — 1776

forms

mocked · mockt · mocking · mocketh · mocks · mockest

Phrases with mock

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