mock

== English == === Alternative forms === mocque (obsolete) === 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; grumble”), Swedish mucka (“to murmur”), dialectal Dutch mokkel (“kiss”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /mɒk/ (US) IPA(key): /mɔk/, /mɑk/ Rhymes: -ɒk Homophones: mark, Mark, marque (non-rhotic, father-bother merger) === Noun === mock (plural mocks) An imitation, usually of lesser quality. Mockery; the act of mocking. Ellipsis of mock examination. (software engineering) A mockup or prototype; particularly, ellipsis of mock object, as used in unit testing. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === mock (third-person singular simple present mocks, present participle mocking, simple past and past participle mocked) To mimic, to simulate. (rare) To create an artistic representation of. To make fun of, especially by mimicking; to taunt. To tantalise, and disappoint the hopes of. 1765, Benjamin Heath, A revisal of Shakespear's text, page 563 (a commentary on the "mocke the meate" line from Othello): ‘Mock’ certainly never signifies to loath. Its common signification is, to disappoint. (software engineering, transitive) To create a mockup or prototype of. ==== Synonyms ==== See also Thesaurus:mock See also Thesaurus:imitate ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== jeer === Adjective === mock (not comparable) Imitation, not genuine; fake. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === KCMO == Middle English == === Noun === mock alternative form of muk