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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
mock \mock\, v. t. imp.  p. p. mocked; p. pr.  vb. n.
   mocking. f. moquer, of uncertain origin; cf. od. mocken
   to mumble, g. mucken, osw. mucka.
   1. to imitate; to mimic; esp., to mimic in sport, contempt,
      or derision; to deride by mimicry.
      1913 webster

            to see the life as lively mocked as ever
            still sleep mocked death.             --shak.
      1913 webster

            mocking marriage with a dame of france. --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. to treat with scorn or contempt; to deride.
      1913 webster

            elijah mocked them, and said, cry aloud. --1 kings
                                                  xviii. 27.
      1913 webster

            let not ambition mock their useful toil. --gray.
      1913 webster

   3. to disappoint the hopes of; to deceive; to tantalize; as,
      to mock expectation.
      1913 webster

            thou hast mocked me, and told me lies. --judg. xvi.
                                                  13.
      1913 webster

            he will not . . .
            mock us with his blest sight, then snatch him hence.
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster

   syn: to deride; ridicule; taunt; jeer; tantalize; disappoint.
        see deride.
        1913 webster
see also:
mocked mocking deride 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
mocking \mock"ing\, a.
   imitating, esp. in derision, or so as to cause derision;
   mimicking; derisive.
   1913 webster

   mocking thrush zool., any species of the genus
      harporhynchus, as the brown thrush harporhynchus
      rufus.

   mocking wren zool., any american wren of the genus
      thryothorus, esp. thryothorus ludovicianus.
      1913 webster mockingbird
see also:
mocking thrush harporhynchus harporhynchus rufus mocking wren thryothorus thryothorus ludovicianus 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
mocking
     adj 1: abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule; "derisive
            laughter"; "a jeering crowd"; "her mocking smile";
            "taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'" syn: derisive,
             gibelike, jeering, taunting
     2: playfully vexing especially by ridicule; "his face wore a
        somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air"- lawrence
        durrell syn: teasing, quizzical
see also:
derisive gibelike jeering taunting teasing quizzical 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
52 moby thesaurus words for "mocking":
   adoption, appropriation, assumption, bantering, booing,
   borrowed plumes, catcalling, chaffing, copying, derisive, derisory,
   derivation, deriving, fleering, flippant, fooling, grinning,
   hissing, hooting, imitation, infringement, jeering, joshing,
   kidding, leering, panning, pasticcio, pastiche, pirating,
   plagiarism, plagiary, quizzical, ragging, railing, rallying,
   razzing, ridiculing, roasting, scoffing, simulation, smart,
   smart-alecky, smart-ass, smirking, sneering, snickering,
   sniggering, snorting, taking, taunting, teasing, twitting





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