Mock | Mean of mock in English Dictionary

/ˈmɑːk/

• Verb
• to laugh at or make fun of (someone or something) especially by copying an action or a way of behaving or speaking
1. The boys mocked him for showing fear.
2. They mocked his cries for help. [=they imitated his cries for help in an exaggerated way that was meant to ridicule him]
3. Other children would mock her accent. [=would make fun of the way she spoke by copying it in an exaggerated way]
• to criticize and laugh at (someone or something) for being bad, worthless, or unimportant
1. He mocks art only because he doesn't understand it.
2. They continue to mock the idea of a new government.
3. We are being mocked for our religious beliefs.
4. You can mock me as much as you like, but I'm going to do it anyway.
• not based on real or honest feelings
1. “I'd love to go,” he said with a mock [=feigned, fake] smile.
2. We stared at him in mock surprise.
3. mock anger

• done or performed to look like the real thing
1. Two boys started a mock [=simulated] fight in the hallway.
2. Every summer, our history club performs mock battles to relive our country's greatest war.
3. a mock trial [=a fake legal trial used for education and practice]
4. a mock election
• Noun
• an exam that does not count and that is done to practice for a real exam
1. He did so well on the mocks that I'm sure he'll pass the real ones.