Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - mock
Mock
mock
v., adj., & n. --v. 1 a tr. ridicule; scoff at. b intr. (foll. by at) act with scorn or contempt for. 2 tr. mimic contemptuously. 3 tr. jeer, defy, or delude contemptuously. --attrib.adj. sham, imitation (esp. without intention to deceive); pretended (a mock battle; mock cream). --n. 1 a thing deserving scorn. 2 (in pl.) colloq. mock examinations. Phrases and idioms make mock (or a mock) of ridicule. mock-heroic adj. (of a literary style) burlesquing a heroic style. --n. such a style. mock moon paraselene. mock orange a white-flowered heavy-scented shrub, Philadelphus coronarius. mock sun parhelion. mock turtle soup soup made from a calf's head etc. to resemble turtle soup. mock-up an experimental model or replica of a proposed structure etc. Derivatives mockable adj. mockingly adv. Etymology: ME mokke, mocque f. OF mo(c)quer deride f. Rmc
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I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from moker Date: 15th century transitive verb to treat with contempt or ridicule ; deride, to disappoint the hopes of, defy, challenge, 4. to imitate (as a mannerism) closely ; mimic, to mimic in sport or derision, intransitive verb jeer, scoff, see: ridicule ~er noun ~ingly adverb II. noun Date: 15th century an act of ridicule or derision ; jeer, one that is an object of derision or scorn, ~ery, 4. an act of imitation, something made as an imitation, III. adjective Date: 1548 of, relating to, or having the character of an imitation ; simulated, feigned , IV. adverb Date: circa 1619 in an insincere or counterfeit manner ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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