Mock

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Imitation; mimicry.

II. Mock ·adj Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed; sham.

III. Mock ·vt To treat with scorn or contempt; to Deride.

IV. Mock ·vi To make sport contempt or in jest; to speak in a scornful or jeering manner.

V. Mock ·noun An act of ridicule or derision; a scornful or contemptuous act or speech; a sneer; a jibe; a jeer.

VI. Mock ·vt To disappoint the hopes of; to Deceive; to Tantalize; as, to mock expectation.

VII. Mock ·vt To Imitate; to Mimic; ·esp., to mimic in sport, contempt, or derision; to deride by mimicry.

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