Mock

mok, v.t. to laugh at: to make sport of: to mimic in ridicule: to disappoint the hopes of: to deceive: to set at nought, defy.— n. ridicule, a sneer: a bringing into ridicule.— adj. imitating reality, but not real: false.— adj. Mock′able , exposed to, or deserving, derision.— ns. Mock′er ; Mock′ery , Mock′ing , derision: ridicule: subject of laughter or sport: fruitle labour: vain imitation: false show.— adj. Mock′-herō′ic , mocking the heroic style, or the actions or characters of heroes.— n. Mock′ing-bird , a bird of North America, of the thrush family, which mocks or imitates the notes of birds and other sounds.— adv. Mock′ingly .— n. Mock′-or′ange , an ornamental shrub of the saxifrage family—also Syringa . Mock sun (see Parhelion ); Mock turtle soup , a dish made of calf's head, veal, ., seasoned in imitation of turtle soup. [O. Fr. moquer ; from a Teut. root seen in Ger. mucken , to mutter; prob. imit.]