MEANING
1. To imitate or speak about someone in a way intended to ridicule them.
2. Made or performed as an imitation rather than the real thing.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- mock an accent
- mock a pretension
On the page
The play mocks the officials' elaborate excuses.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- mock
- Past tense
- mocked
- Past participle
- mocked
- Present participle
- mocking
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- mock
- Present continuous
- am/is/are mocking
- Present perfect
- have/has mocked
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been mocking
- Past
- mocked
- Past continuous
- was/were mocking
- Past perfect
- had mocked
- Past perfect continuous
- had been mocking
- Future
- will mock
- Future continuous
- will be mocking
- Future perfect
- will have mocked
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been mocking
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: mock; mocks; mocked; mocked; mocking Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: mocks.
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