to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.

to ridicule by mimicry of action or speech; mimic derisively.

to mimic, imitate, or counterfeit.

to challenge; defy

His actions mock convention.

to deceive, delude, or disappoint.

to use ridicule or derision; scoff; jeer (often fol. by at ).

a contemptuous or derisive imitative action or speech; mockery or derision.

something mocked or derided; an object of derision.

an imitation; counterfeit; fake.

Shipbuilding .

a hard pattern representing the surface of a plate with a warped form, upon which the plate is beaten to shape after furnacing.

bed ( def. 23 ) .

feigned; not real; sham

a mock battle.

mock up, to build a mock-up of.

adjective

authentic , genuine , real

verb

flatter , praise , exalt , tell truth

adjective

apish * , bogus * , counterfeit , dummy , ersatz * , faked , false , feigned , forged , fraudulent , hokey * , imitation , imitative , make-believe , mimic , phony , pretended , pseudo * , put-on , quasi * , sham * , simulated , so-called * , spurious , substitute , unreal , manmade , synthetic

verb

buffoon , burlesque , caricature , chaff , deride , flout , hoot , insult , jape , jeer , kid , laugh at , make fun of , needle , parody , poke fun at , rally , rib * , scoff , scorn , show contempt , sneer , taunt , tease , thumb nose at , travesty , affect , ape , assume , counterfeit , ditto * , do , fake , feign , hoke , imitate , lampoon , mime , mirror , satirize , send up * , simulate , take off * , beguile , belie , betray , challenge , cheat , defeat , defy , delude , disappoint , double-cross * , dupe , elude , foil , fool , frustrate , juggle , let down * , mislead , sell out * , thwart , gibe , jest , laugh , scout , twit , mimic , artificial , balk , banter , copy , deceive , disregard , false , farce , fleer , imitation , jibe , joke , personate , ridicule , schout , sham , stimulated , tantalize

noun

burlesque , caricature , farce , parody , sham , travesty