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mock

See also: Möck

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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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mock (plural mocks)

  1. An imitation, usually of lesser quality.
    • a. 1649, Richard Crashaw, The Hymn:
      Is tortured thirst itself too sweet a cup?
      Gall, and more bitter mocks, shall make it up.
  2. Mockery; the act of mocking.
  3. Short for mock examination.
    He got a B in his History mock, but improved to an A in the exam.
  4. (software engineering) A mockup or prototype; particularly, ellipsis of mock object., as used in unit testing.
    • 2013, Jeff Langr, Modern C++ Programming with Test-Driven Development:
      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.
    • 2020, Cătălin Tudose, JUnit in Action, 3rd edition, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 139:
      Mocks replace the objects with which your methods under test collaborate, thus offering a layer of isolation.

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mock (third-person singular simple present mocks, present participle mocking, simple past and past participle mocked)

  1. To mimic, to simulate.
  2. (rare) To create an artistic representation of.
  4. To make fun of, especially by mimicking; to taunt.
  5. To tantalise, and disappoint the hopes of.
    • c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:
    • c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:
      "It is the greene-ey'd Monster, which doth mocke / The meate it feeds on."
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Judges 16:13, column 2:
      And Delilah ſaid vnto Samſon, hitherto thou haſt mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mighteſt be bound.
    • 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC:
      Why do I overlive? / Why am I mocked with death, and lengthened out / to deathless pain?
    • 1671, John Milton, “The Second Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J. M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC:
      He will not […] / Mock us with his blest sight, then snatch him hence.
    • 1765, Benjamin Heath, A revisal of Shakespear's text, page 563 (a commentary on the "mocke the meate" line from Othello):
      ‘Mock’ certainly never signifies to loath. Its common signification is, to disappoint.
    • 1812, The Critical Review or, Annals of Literature, page 190:
      The French revolution indeed is a prodigy which has mocked the expectations both of its friends and its foes. It has cruelly disappointed the fondest hopes of the first, nor has it observed that course which the last thought that it would have pursued.
  6. (software engineering, transitive) To create a mockup or prototype of.
    • 2016, Murat Yener, Onur Dundar, Expert Android Studio, page 233:
      They can also mock other integration points such as backend, database, or any other external resource.

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mock (not comparable)

  1. Imitation, not genuine; fake.
    mock leather
    mock trial
    mock turtle-soup

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mock

  1. Alternative form of muk
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