mock
/mɑk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.85 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
noun
A mockup or prototype; particularly, ellipsis of mock object, as used in unit testing.
verb
To create an artistic representation of.
verb
To make fun of, especially by mimicking; to taunt.
verb
To tantalise, and disappoint the hopes of.
Example Sentences
- "Is tortured thirst itself too sweet a cup? Gall, and more bitter mocks, shall make it up."
- "Fooles make a mocke at ſinne: but among the righteous there is fauour."
- "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"
- "He got a B in his History mock, but improved to an A in the exam."
- "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."
- "Mocks replace the objects with which your methods under test collaborate, thus offering a layer of isolation."
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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: mokken, mocquer, mocken, mucken, *mokkijan, *mukkijaną
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /mɑk/
- British English: /mɒk/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
Bolander's mock dandelion
mock azalea
mock bishopweed
mock buckthorn
mock cherry
mock cobra
mock cream
mock cucumber
Frequently Paired Words
jeer
fool
hoodwink
prank
pull one's leg
pull the wool over someone's eyes
rip the piss
take for a ride