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41Mock — Mock, n. 1. An act of ridicule or derision; a scornful or contemptuous act or speech; a sneer; a jibe; a jeer. [1913 Webster] Fools make a mock at sin. Prov. xiv. 9. [1913 Webster] 2. Imitation; mimicry. [R.] Crashaw. [1913 Webster] …
42mock- — [ mak ] prefix 1. ) not real or true: used with some adjectives: a mock stern expression 2. ) copying a particular style: used with some adjectives: a house with mock Tudor beams …
43mock-up — mock ups N COUNT: oft N of n A mock up of something such as a machine or building is a model of it which is used in tests or to show people what it will look like. There s a mock up of the high street where the Goodwins go shopping. Syn: model …
44mock-up — mock′ up or mock′up n. a model, often full size, for study, testing, or teaching: a mock up of an experimental aircraft[/ex] • Etymology: 1915–20 …
45mock-up — [mäk′up΄] n. [altered (< MOCK & UP1) < Fr maquette, a sketch, mock up < maquiller, to pretend, orig. a cant term, to work < dial. makier, to make, do < MDu maken, akin to MAKE1] a scale model, usually a full sized replica, of a… …
46mock´-he|ro´i|cal|ly — mock he|ro|ic «MOK hih RO ihk, MK », adjective, noun. –adj. imitating or burlesquing the heroic style or character: »Alexander Pope s “Rape of the Lock” is a mock heroic poem. –n. an imitation or burlesque of what is heroic. –mock´ he|ro´i|cal|ly …
47mock-he|ro|ic — «MOK hih RO ihk, MK », adjective, noun. –adj. imitating or burlesquing the heroic style or character: »Alexander Pope s “Rape of the Lock” is a mock heroic poem. –n. an imitation or burlesque of what is heroic. –mock´ he|ro´i|cal|ly, adverb …
48Mock — Mock, v. i. To make sport in contempt or in jest; to speak in a scornful or jeering manner. [1913 Webster] When thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? Job xi. 3. [1913 Webster] She had mocked at his proposal. Froude. [1913 Webster] …
49mock-heroic — mock heroically, adv. /mok hi roh ik/, adj. 1. imitating or burlesquing that which is heroic, as in manner, character, or action: mock heroic dignity. 2. of or pertaining to a form of satire in which trivial subjects, characters, and events are… …
50mock auction — an auction where items are given away or the right to bid is restricted to persons who have bought or agree to buy goods or one where goods are sold to a person lower than his highest bid. It is an offence to organise such an event under the Mock …
