mock

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US /mɔk/ UK /mɒk/ See IPA manual

Freq #7176

Meanings

1

verb
To laugh at someone or something in an unkind way.

The other children mocked him for his old clothes.
2

adj
Not real, but made to look or act like the real thing for practice or imitation.

The students took a mock exam before the real test.
3

noun
A practice examination taken before the real one.

He got a B in his history mock but an A in the actual exam.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to laugh at someone or... ridicule deridebemock

2 adj · not real, but made to look... imitation fake practice

More befool chaff disparageforgabfrump gleek jape jeer jibe josh kid lampoon

Word family

Forms mockedmockermockersmockingmockinglymocks

Derived forms mockablemockagemockermockworthyunmocked

Related forms fool hoodwink imitate jeer joke prank trick

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mock sun
a bright spot beside the Sun produced when sunlight passes through ice crystals

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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…

mokken Middle English mocquer Old French mocken Middle Dutch mucken gml *mokkijan Proto-West Germanic *mukkijaną Proto-Germanic *mūg- Proto-Indo-European

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# mock

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** verb, adj, noun
**IPA (US):** /mɔk/
**IPA (UK):** /mɒk/
**Frequency rank:** 7176

## Meanings
1. To laugh at someone or something in an unkind way.
2. Not real, but made to look or act like the real thing for practice or imitation.
3. A practice examination taken before the real one.

## Examples
- The other children mocked him for his old clothes.
- The students took a mock exam before the real test.
- He got a B in his history mock but an A in the actual exam.

## Synonyms
- befool
- chaff
- disparage
- forgab
- frump
- gleek
- jape
- jeer
- jibe
- josh
- kid
- lampoon

## Derived Forms
- mockable
- mockage
- mocker
- mockworthy
- unmocked

## Related Forms
- fool
- hoodwink
- imitate
- jeer
- joke
- prank
- trick

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: mokken
- Root: mocquer
- Root: mocken
- Root: mucken
- Root: *mokkijan
- Root: *mukkijaną
- Root: *mūg-

## 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…

## AI Etymology
Mock comes 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”). In present-day English its meanings include to laugh at someone or something in an unkind way, not real, but made to look or act like the real thing for practice or imitation, and a practice examination taken before the real one. The historical chain runs through mokken (Middle English), mocquer (Old French), mocken (Middle Dutch), mucken (gml), and *mokkijan (Proto-West Germanic).

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