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mock      /ˈmɑ:k/   verb [with object]

(caçoar, escarnecer, vaiar, zombar)

 

inflected forms: mocks; mocked; mocking

 

 

1 : to laugh at or make fun of (someone or something) especially by copying an action or a way of behaving or speaking • The boysmocked him for showing fear. • They mocked his cries for help. [=they imitated his cries for help in an exaggerated way that was meant to ridicule him] • Other children would mock her accent. [=would make fun of the way she spoke by copying it in an exaggerated way]

 

2 : to criticize and laugh at (someone or something) for being bad, worthless, or unimportant • He mocks art only because he doesn’t understand it. • They continue to mock the idea of a new government. • We are being mocked for our religious beliefs. • You can mock me as much as you like, but I’m going to do it anyway.

— mocker /ˈmɑ:kɚ/ noun, plural mockers [count] • mockers of poetry

 

— mocking adjective [more mocking; most mocking] • mockingwords • a mocking crowd

 

— mockingly /ˈmɑ:kɪŋli/ adverb • They laughed at him mockingly.

 

Learn about mock as an adjective and a noun.