mock

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   constituting a copy or imitation of something

   boys in mock battle

2. 2
   noun

   the act of mocking or ridiculing

   they made a mock of him

3. 3
   verb

   treat with contempt

   The new constitution mocks all democratic principles

4. 4
   verb

   imitate with mockery and derision

   The children mocked their handicapped classmate

5. 5
   noun

   An imitation, usually of lesser quality.

   Is tortured thirst itself too sweet a cup? Gall, and more bitter mocks, shall make it up.

6. 6
   noun

   Mockery; the act of mocking.

   Fooles make a mocke at ſinne: but among the righteous there is fauour.

7. 7
   noun

   Ellipsis of mock examination.

   He got a B in his History mock, but improved to an A in the exam.

8. 8
   noun

   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.

Etymology

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…