mock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɒk/
ipa: /mɔk/
ipa: /mɑk/
rhymes: -ɒk
homophone: mark
homophone: Mark
homophone: marque (non-rhotic, father-bother merger)
Forms: form: mocks
form: mocque
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”).
Senses: examples: text: Is tortured thirst itself too sweet a cup?
Gall, and more bitter mocks, shall make it up.
ref: a. 1649, Richard Crashaw, The Hymn:
glosses: An imitation, usually of lesser quality.
examples: text: Fooles make a mocke at ſinne: but among the righteous there is fauour.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 14:9, column 2:
text: Thus says my king; an if your father's highness
Do not, in grant of all demands at large,
Sweeten the bitter mock you sent his majesty,
He'll call you to so hot an answer of it
ref: 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
glosses: Mockery; the act of mocking.
examples: text: He got a B in his History mock, but improved to an A in the exam.
glosses: Ellipsis of mock examination.
examples: text: You can, if you must, create a mock that derives from a concrete class. The problem is that the resulting class represents a mix of production and mocked behavior, a beast referred to as a partial mock.
ref: 2013, Jeff Langr, Modern C++ Programming with Test-Driven Development:
text: Mocks replace the objects with which your methods under test collaborate, thus offering a layer of isolation.
ref: 2020, Cătălin Tudose, JUnit in Action, 3rd edition, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 139:
topics: computing
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glosses: A mockup or prototype; particularly, ellipsis of mock object, as used in unit testing.
Derived terms: sense: most are from the adjective
word: bemock
sense: most are from the adjective
word: Bolander's mock dandelion
sense: most are from the adjective
word: mockamole
sense: most are from the adjective
taxonomic: Rhododendron menziesii
word: mock azalea
sense: most are from the adjective
taxonomic: Ptilimnium spp.
word: mock bishopweed
sense: most are from the adjective
taxonomic: Sageretia spp.
word: mock buckthorn
sense: most are from the adjective
word: mockbuster
sense: most are from the adjective
taxonomic: Prunus caroliniana
word: mock cherry
sense: most are from the adjective
taxonomic: Pseudoxenodon macrops
word: mock cobra
sense: most are from the adjective
word: mock cream
sense: most are from the adjective
taxonomic: Echinocystis spp.
word: mock cucumber
sense: most are from the adjective
taxonomic: Bassia scoparia
alt: syn. Kochia scoparia
word: mock-cypress
sense: most are from the adjective
taxonomic: Phalacroseris bolanderi
word: mock dandelion
sense: most are from the adjective
word: mock duck
sense: most are from the adjective
word: mock election
sense: most are from the adjective
word: mock exam
sense: most are from the adjective
word: mock examination
sense: most are from the adjective
word: mock execution
sense: most are from the adjective
word: mock fish
sense: most are from the adjective
word: mockful
sense: most are from the adjective
taxonomic: Stenotus spp.
word: mock goldenweed
sense: most are from the adjective
taxonomic: Ericameria ericoides
word: mock heather
sense: most are from the adjective
word: mock-heroic
sense: most are from the adjective
word: mockish
sense: most are from the adjective
word: mockito
sense: most are from the adjective
word: mock Latin
sense: most are from the adjective
word: mock lead
sense: most are from the adjective
word: mock meat
sense: most are from the adjective
word: mock mesquite
sense: most are from the adjective
word: mock moon
sense: most are from the adjective
word: mockney
sense: most are from the adjective
taxonomic: Sylvia atricapilla
word: mock nightingale
sense: most are from the adjective
word: mock object
sense: most are from the adjective
taxonomic: Notelaea spp.
word: mock olive
sense: most are from the adjective
word: mock orange
sense: most are from the adjective
taxonomic: Philadelphus spp.
word: mock-orange
sense: most are from the adjective
taxonomic: Apiastrum spp.
word: mock parsley
sense: most are from the adjective
word: mock pear
sense: most are from the adjective
word: mock plum
sense: most are from the adjective
taxonomic: Phillyrea spp.
word: mock privet
sense: most are from the adjective
word: mock silver
sense: most are from the adjective
word: mocksome
sense: most are from the adjective
taxonomic: Potentilla indica
word: mock strawberry
sense: most are from the adjective
word: mock sun
sense: most are from the adjective
word: mocktail
sense: most are from the adjective
word: mocktini
sense: most are from the adjective
taxonomic: Solanum aethiopicum
word: mock tomato
sense: most are from the adjective
word: mock trumpet
sense: most are from the adjective
word: mock Tudor
sense: most are from the adjective
word: mock-Tudor
sense: most are from the adjective
word: mock-turtle
sense: most are from the adjective
word: mock turtle
sense: most are from the adjective
word: mock turtleneck
sense: most are from the adjective
word: mock turtle soup
sense: most are from the adjective
word: mockumentary
sense: most are from the adjective
word: mock up
sense: most are from the adjective
taxonomic: Glandularia spp.
word: mock vervain
sense: most are from the adjective
taxonomic: Psammodynastes spp.
word: mock viper