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mock
English
Alternative forms
- mocque (obsolete)
Etymology
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 *mukkijan?, *m?han? (“to low, bellow, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *m?g-, *m?k- (“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”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /m?k/
- (US) IPA(key): /m?k/
- Rhymes: -?k
Noun
mock (plural mocks)
- An imitation, usually of lesser quality.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Crashaw to this entry?)
- Mockery, the act of mocking.
- A practice exam set by an educating institution to prepare students for an important exam.
- He got a B in his History mock, but improved to an A in the exam.
- (software engineering) A mockup or prototype.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
mock (third-person singular simple present mocks, present participle mocking, simple past and past participle mocked)
- To mimic, to simulate.
- (rare) To create an artistic representation of.
- To make fun of, especially by mimicking; to taunt.
- 1751, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
- Let not ambition mock their useful toil.
- 1751, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
- To tantalise, and disappoint the hopes of.
- 1603, William Shakespeare, Othello, Act III, Scene III:
- "It is the greene-ey'd Monster, which doth mocke / The meate it feeds on."
- 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.
- 1603, William Shakespeare, Othello, Act III, Scene III:
- (software engineering, transitive) To create a mockup or prototype of.
- What's the best way to mock a database layer?
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:mock
- See also Thesaurus:imitate
Derived terms
- mock out
- much-mocked
- mockworthy
Translations
See also
- jeer
Adjective
mock (not comparable)
- Imitation, not genuine; fake.
- 1776, United States Declaration of Independence
- For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
- 1776, United States Declaration of Independence
Translations
Anagrams
- KCMO
Middle English
Noun
mock
- Alternative form of muk
mock From the web:
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jolly
English
Etymology
From Middle English joli, jolif (“merry, cheerful”), from Old French joli, jolif (“merry, joyful”)It is uncertain whether the Old French word is from Old Norse jól ("a midwinter feast, Yule", hence "fest-ive") , in which case, equivalent to yule +? -ive; or ultimately from Latin gaude? (see etymology at joy). For the loss of final -f compare tardy, hasty, hussy, etc.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?d??li/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?d??li/
- Rhymes: -?li
- Hyphenation: jol?ly
Adjective
jolly (comparative jollier, superlative jolliest)
- Full of merriment and high spirits; jovial; joyous; merry.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, "The Faerie Queene", Book I, Canot 2, xi-xii:
- "Full jolly Knight he seemed […] full large of limb and every joint / He was, and cared not for God or man a point."
- 1815, William Wordsworth, "Hart-Leap Well," Part Second:
- "A jolly place," said he, "in times of old! / But something ails it now: the spot is curst. ..."
- 1819, Washington Irving, The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., "The Stage Coach":
- […] he is swelled into jolly dimensions by frequent potations of malt liquors […]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, "The Faerie Queene", Book I, Canot 2, xi-xii:
- (colloquial, dated) Splendid, excellent, pleasant.
- 1853, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, ch. 16:
- Jo silently notices how white and small her hand is and what a jolly servant she must be to wear such sparkling rings.
- 1853, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, ch. 16:
- (informal) drunk
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
jolly (plural jollies)
- (Britain, dated) A pleasure trip or excursion.
- (slang, dated) A marine in the English navy.
- Synonym: joey
- 1896, Rudyard Kipling, Soldier an' Sailor Too
- I'm a Jolly — 'Er Majesty's Jolly — soldier an' sailor too!
Adverb
jolly (comparative more jolly, superlative most jolly)
- (Britain, dated) very, extremely
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 37:
- Adrian thought it worth while to try out his new slang. ‘I say, you fellows, here's a rum go. Old Biffo was jolly odd this morning. He gave me a lot of pi-jaw about slacking and then invited me to tea. No rotting! He did really.’
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 37:
Derived terms
- jolly well
Verb
jolly (third-person singular simple present jollies, present participle jollying, simple past and past participle jollied)
- (transitive) To amuse or divert.
Derived terms
- jolly along
Translations
References
- Jolly in the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica, vol. 15, p. 495.
Italian
Etymology
From English jolly joker, an older name for the joker card in a deck of cards.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d???l.li/
Noun
jolly m (invariable)
- (card games) joker
- wild card
See also
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