Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mockbust

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mock-bust
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To create a mockbuster.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"It boggles my mind that no one has made a movie called Amityville Terror by now. It just seems like the perfect way to mockbust The Amityville Horror. In any event, one is on its way courtesy of Uncork’d Entertainment, and we have your first look!"
"KING OF THE LOST WORLD was clearly designed to "mockbust" the big-budget KING KONG of 2005. But it seems that the producers at The Asylum company were a little more cautious than usual, because on occasion the owners of the franchise built upon the 1933 KONG have become litigious."

Etymology

A back-formation from mockbuster.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

mockbusts (present, singular) mockbusting (participle, present) mockbusted (participle, past) mockbusted (past)

Questions

What does mockbust mean?: To create a mockbuster.
Where does mockbust come from?: A back-formation from mockbuster.

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