mock-up

See also: mockup and mock up

English

A full-scale mock-up of a space shuttle.

Alternative forms

• mockup

Etymology

Circa 1915–1920, deverbal from mock up (verb), by imitation of French maquette.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɒk.ʌp/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑk.ʌp/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

mock-up (plural mock-ups)

1. A scale or full-size model of a design or device which is not fully functional, used for teaching, demonstration, design evaluation, promotion, and other purposes.
   • 1964 February, “British Railways' passenger plans”, in Modern Railways, page 73:

     The second-class accommodation shown in mock-up at last year's Railway Design exhibition in London was open saloon, but there is still nagging concern that the public has expressed a clear preference for compartments.

   • 2022 January 12, “News in pictures: Liverpool carriage goes to college”, in RAIL, number 948, page 20:

     A full-size mock-up carriage of a Liverpool City Region Class 777, built as a part of the design process, has been transferred to the National College for Advanced Transportation & Infrastructure (NCATI) in Doncaster, to be used as a teaching aid.

2. A prototype, usually low-fidelity, such as paper illustrations, screenshots, or simple configurations of screens with limited interaction.
   • 1930, Renwick of Otley, Pre-production Proofs and Mock-ups Documenting the Publication of "My Favourite Alphabet", Renwick of Otley:
   • 2007, Canada. Health Canada, Environics Research Group, Testing of Mock-ups of Health Warning Messages and Warning Notices on Tobacco Product Advertisements for Smokeless Tobacco: Final Report, Health Canada:
   • 2018, Dr Low Lee Yong, I Dare to Dream - Making Possible the Impossible:

     I knew that the software was a mock up and as such it would require the team at least half an hour to put together the components before I could proceed.

   • 2019, Squared Grid Notebook: Square Grid Notebook/Journal, Elite Blank Books:

     This 5mm square grid notebook is great to use for diagrams, mock-ups, designs, everyday use, notes, calculations, lists, doodling, musings or other creativity projects.

Translations

scale or full-scale model of something

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: маке́т m (makjét), мадэ́ль f (madélʹ)
• Bulgarian: моде́л (bg) m (modél)
• Catalan: maqueta (ca) f, prototip (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 樣機／样机 (zh) (yàngjī), 模型 (zh) (móxíng)

• Finnish: malli (fi), mallikappale, maketti (fi)
• French: maquette (fr) f, modèle (fr) m
• German: Modell (de) n, Mockup n, Nachbildung (de) f, Vorführmodell n
• Greek: μακέτα (el) f (makéta)
• Hungarian: modell (hu), mintadarab (hu), makett (hu)
• Indonesian: maket (id)
• Irish: samhail f, samhailghaireas m, balbhshamhail f
• Italian: modello (it) m, simulacro (it) m
• Japanese: 木型 (きがた, kigata), モックアップ (mokkuappu), 模型 (ja) (もけい, mokei)
• Korean: 목업 (mogeop), 모형(模型) (ko) (mohyeong)
• Polish: makieta (pl) f
• Portuguese: modelo (pt) m, maquete (pt) f
• Romanian: machetă (ro) f, model (ro) n
• Russian: маке́т (ru) m (makét), моде́ль (ru) f (modɛ́lʹ), бутафо́рия (ru) f (butafórija) (theater)
• Spanish: maqueta (es) f, prototipo (es) m
• Swedish: attrapp (sv)
• Turkish: model (tr), numune (tr), örnek (tr)
• Ukrainian: маке́т m (makét), моде́ль f (modélʹ)

References

• “mock-up”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.