Čo znamená mock v angličtine a aká je definícia mock?

V tomto najautoritatívnejšom anglickom slovníku sa môžete naučiť mock výslovnosť, gramatika a synonymá.

mock Význam & definícia

0 to laugh at someone, often by copying them in a funny but unkind way:
- They were mocking him because he kept falling off his bike.
- She made fun of him by mocking his limp.
- The wind mocked their attempts to reach the shore by pushing the boat further and further out to sea.
1 not real but appearing or pretending to be exactly like something:
- mock cream
- mock leather
- mock surprise
2 an exam taken at school for practice before a real exam:
- You will have your mocks during the first two weeks of March.
3 to copy someone or a characteristic of someone in an amusing but unkind way that makes other people laugh, or to try to make someone or something seem foolish or ridiculous:
- Some of the boys in the dorm loved to mock Roger’s British accent.
4 intended to seem real; artificial or pretended:
- She gave a little scream in mock surprise when she opened the door and saw us.

The normally tee-totalling baker, devastated by his loss and mocked publicly as a cuckold, gets drunk and refuses to bake until his wife returns.
Caricaturists and satirists appealed to their patrons, mocking the stylish servant, the well-dressed sailor, the respectable shopkeeper.
Architects might scoff at the solipsisms, but who is mocking whom?
Parent responses were coded as hostile rejection when the parent displayed anger or mocking behaviors such as yelling or laughing at the child.
Speech coded as devaluing is characterized by belittling, criticism, mocking sarcasm, or derogatory or condescending language.
The rhetorical excesses of ujamaa were often mocked.
The posthuman diva is a sassy mimic, parodying the natural with a musical masquerade that mocks the fixity of femininity.
They might be detested or mocked, but they could certainly not be ignored.