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  • 11mock- — [mɔk US ma:k] prefix 1.) used to show that an attitude or feeling is pretended, not real ▪ a mock serious expression ▪ His frown was mock severe. 2.) copying a particular style, especially of building ▪ a mock Tudor fireplace …

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  • 12mock- — [mɔk US ma:k] prefix 1.) used to show that an attitude or feeling is pretended, not real ▪ a mock serious expression ▪ His frown was mock severe. 2.) copying a particular style, especially of building ▪ a mock Tudor fireplace …

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  • 13mock — [adj] artificial, fake 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,… …

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  • 14Möck — Möck, Mock und Uhl retteten Rottweil dem römischen (päpstlichen) Stuhl. – Eiselein, 534; Kirchhofer, 114; Langen, Beiträge, S. 342; Birlinger, 1146; Reinsberg V, 103. Auch unter den Bürgern zu Rottweil hatte die Reformation viel Anklang und… …

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  • 15Mock — Mock, n. 1. An act of ridicule or derision; a scornful or contemptuous act or speech; a sneer; a jibe; a jeer. [1913 Webster] Fools make a mock at sin. Prov. xiv. 9. [1913 Webster] 2. Imitation; mimicry. [R.] Crashaw. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 16mock- — [ mak ] prefix 1. ) not real or true: used with some adjectives: a mock stern expression 2. ) copying a particular style: used with some adjectives: a house with mock Tudor beams …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 17mock-up — mock ups N COUNT: oft N of n A mock up of something such as a machine or building is a model of it which is used in tests or to show people what it will look like. There s a mock up of the high street where the Goodwins go shopping. Syn: model …

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  • 18mock-up — mock′ up or mock′up n. a model, often full size, for study, testing, or teaching: a mock up of an experimental aircraft[/ex] • Etymology: 1915–20 …

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  • 19mock-up — [mäk′up΄] n. [altered (< MOCK & UP1) < Fr maquette, a sketch, mock up < maquiller, to pretend, orig. a cant term, to work < dial. makier, to make, do < MDu maken, akin to MAKE1] a scale model, usually a full sized replica, of a… …

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  • 20mock-he|ro|ic — «MOK hih RO ihk, MK », adjective, noun. –adj. imitating or burlesquing the heroic style or character: »Alexander Pope s “Rape of the Lock” is a mock heroic poem. –n. an imitation or burlesque of what is heroic. –mock´ he|ro´i|cal|ly, adverb …

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