mock
Imitation, not genuineImitation, not genuine; fake.
Meaning
1 senses(not comparable)Imitation, not genuine; fake.
mock leather
mock trial
Schein-, nachgemacht
подде́льныйpoddélʹnyj
constituting a copy or imitation of something
Examples
172 sentencesAre you mocking me?
Знущаєшся? — Oheto
It sounded like Tom was mocking you.
It sounded as if Tom was mocking you.
I'm sorry if it sounded like I was mocking you.
I'm sorry if it sounded as if I was mocking you.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English mokken, from Old French mocquer, moquier (“to deride, jeer”), from MidFrom 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”).
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