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Added 8 October 2026

mock

/mɒk/ noun

In Latin: cavillor Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about mock at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

An imitation, usually of lesser quality.
Mockery; the act of mocking.
Ellipsis of mock examination.
He got a B in his History mock, but improved to an A in the exam.

verb

To mimic, to simulate.
To create an artistic representation of.
To make fun of, especially by mimicking; to taunt.

adjective

Imitation, not genuine; fake.
mock leather

Origin

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”).

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