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. 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. mockable adj. mockingly adv.
[ ME mokke, mocque f. OF mo(c)quer deride f. Rmc ]