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mocker

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mock  (mk)
v. mocked, mock·ing, mocks
v.tr.
1. To treat with ridicule or contempt; deride.
2.
a. To mimic, as in sport or derision. See Synonyms at ridicule.
b. To imitate; counterfeit.
3. To frustrate the hopes of; disappoint.
v.intr.
To express scorn or ridicule; jeer: They mocked at the idea.
n.
1.
a. The act of mocking.
b. Mockery; derision: said it merely in mock.
2. An object of scorn or derision.
3. An imitation or a counterfeit.
adj.
Simulated; false; sham: a mock battle.
adv.
In an insincere or pretending manner: mock sorrowful.

[Middle English mokken, from Old French mocquer.]

mocker n.
mocking·ly adv.

mocker [ˈmɒkə] Austral slang, old-fashioned
verb
(Clothing & Fashion) clothing
n (tr)
(Clothing & Fashion)
all mockered up dressed up
[of unknown origin]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.mocker - someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision
disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
2.mockermocker - long-tailed grey-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic songs of other birds
oscine, oscine bird - passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus
genus Mimus, Mimus - type genus of the family Mimidae: mockingbirds
Translations
mocker [ˈmɒkəʳ] N
1. (= scoffer) → mofador(a) m/f
2. to put the mockers on sthdar al traste con algo
to put the mockers on sbhacer que algn fracase
mocker
n
Spötter(in) m(f), → spöttischer Mensch
to put the mockers on something (Brit inf) → etw vermasseln (inf)
mocker [ˈmɒkəʳ] nchi prende in giro
mocker [ˈmɒkəʳ] nchi prende in giro


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: for, in less than a week, we had the miracle of the mocker of pilgrims divinely punished by Notre-Dame d'Aubervilliers, and that was the second miracle within a month.
"Oh, don't worry about me, Sir Mocker," said Danglars; then turning to the count he said, "but will you undertake to speak to the father?
But they think me cold, and a mocker with terrible jests.
 
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