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mocking
(encz) | mocking,posměšný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
mocking
(encz) | mocking,výsměšný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Mocking
(gcide) | Mock \Mock\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mocked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Mocking.] [F. moquer, of uncertain origin; cf. OD. mocken
to mumble, G. mucken, OSw. mucka.]
1. To imitate; to mimic; esp., to mimic in sport, contempt,
or derision; to deride by mimicry.
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To see the life as lively mocked as ever
Still sleep mocked death. --Shak.
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Mocking marriage with a dame of France. --Shak.
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2. To treat with scorn or contempt; to deride.
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Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud. --1 Kings
xviii. 27.
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Let not ambition mock their useful toil. --Gray.
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3. To disappoint the hopes of; to deceive; to tantalize; as,
to mock expectation.
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Thou hast mocked me, and told me lies. --Judg. xvi.
13.
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He will not . . .
Mock us with his blest sight, then snatch him hence.
--Milton.
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Syn: To deride; ridicule; taunt; jeer; tantalize; disappoint.
See Deride.
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Mocking
(gcide) | Mocking \Mock"ing\, a.
Imitating, esp. in derision, or so as to cause derision;
mimicking; derisive.
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Mocking thrush (Zool.), any species of the genus
Harporhynchus, as the brown thrush ({Harporhynchus
rufus}).
Mocking wren (Zool.), any American wren of the genus
Thryothorus, esp. Thryothorus Ludovicianus.
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mocking
(wn) | mocking
adj 1: abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule;
"derisive laughter"; "a jeering crowd"; "her mocking
smile"; "taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'" [syn:
derisive, gibelike, jeering, mocking, taunting]
2: playfully vexing (especially by ridicule); "his face wore a
somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air"- Lawrence Durrell
[syn: mocking, teasing, quizzical] |
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mocking
(encz) | mocking,posměšný adj: Zdeněk Brožmocking,výsměšný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
mocking thrush
(encz) | mocking thrush, n: |
mockingbird
(encz) | mockingbird,druh drozda n: Zdeněk Brož |
mockingly
(encz) | mockingly,výsměšně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
smocking
(encz) | smocking, n: |
Hummocking
(gcide) | Hummocking \Hum"mock*ing\, n.
The process of forming hummocks in the collision of Arctic
ice. --Kane.
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mocking bird
(gcide) | mockingbird \mockingbird\, mocking bird \mocking bird\n.
(Zool.),
A long-tailed gray-and-white songbird of North America
(Mimus polyglottos), remarkable for its exact imitations of
the notes of other birds. Its back is gray; the tail and
wings are blackish, with a white patch on each wing; the
outer tail feathers are partly white. Originally its range
was confined mostly to the southern states, but by late 19th
century it had migrated as far north as New York. The name is
also applied to other members of thee same and related
genera, found in Mexico, Central America, and the West
Indies, such as the blue mockingbird of Mexico, {Melanotis
caerulescens}.
Syn: mocker, Mimus polyglottos .
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Mocking thrush
(gcide) | Mocking \Mock"ing\, a.
Imitating, esp. in derision, or so as to cause derision;
mimicking; derisive.
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Mocking thrush (Zool.), any species of the genus
Harporhynchus, as the brown thrush ({Harporhynchus
rufus}).
Mocking wren (Zool.), any American wren of the genus
Thryothorus, esp. Thryothorus Ludovicianus.
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Mocking wren
(gcide) | Mocking \Mock"ing\, a.
Imitating, esp. in derision, or so as to cause derision;
mimicking; derisive.
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Mocking thrush (Zool.), any species of the genus
Harporhynchus, as the brown thrush ({Harporhynchus
rufus}).
Mocking wren (Zool.), any American wren of the genus
Thryothorus, esp. Thryothorus Ludovicianus.
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mockingbird
(gcide) | mockingbird \mockingbird\, mocking bird \mocking bird\n.
(Zool.),
A long-tailed gray-and-white songbird of North America
(Mimus polyglottos), remarkable for its exact imitations of
the notes of other birds. Its back is gray; the tail and
wings are blackish, with a white patch on each wing; the
outer tail feathers are partly white. Originally its range
was confined mostly to the southern states, but by late 19th
century it had migrated as far north as New York. The name is
also applied to other members of thee same and related
genera, found in Mexico, Central America, and the West
Indies, such as the blue mockingbird of Mexico, {Melanotis
caerulescens}.
Syn: mocker, Mimus polyglottos .
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Mockingly
(gcide) | Mockingly \Mock"ing*ly\, adv.
By way of derision; in a contemptuous or mocking manner.
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Mockingstock
(gcide) | Mockingstock \Mock"ing*stock`\, n.
A butt of sport; an object of derision. [R.]
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blue mockingbird
(wn) | blue mockingbird
n 1: mockingbird of Mexico [syn: blue mockingbird, {Melanotis
caerulescens}] |
mocking
(wn) | mocking
adj 1: abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule;
"derisive laughter"; "a jeering crowd"; "her mocking
smile"; "taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'" [syn:
derisive, gibelike, jeering, mocking, taunting]
2: playfully vexing (especially by ridicule); "his face wore a
somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air"- Lawrence Durrell
[syn: mocking, teasing, quizzical] |
mocking thrush
(wn) | mocking thrush
n 1: thrush-like American songbird able to mimic other birdsongs
[syn: thrasher, mocking thrush] |
mockingbird
(wn) | mockingbird
n 1: long-tailed grey-and-white songbird of the southern United
States able to mimic songs of other birds [syn:
mockingbird, mocker, Mimus polyglotktos] |
mockingly
(wn) | mockingly
adv 1: in a disrespectful jeering manner [syn: jeeringly,
mockingly, gibingly]
2: in a disrespectful and mocking manner; "`Sorry,' she repeated
derisively" [syn: derisively, scoffingly, derisorily,
mockingly] |
smocking
(wn) | smocking
n 1: embroidery consisting of ornamental needlework on a garment
that is made by gathering the cloth tightly in stitches |
mockingbird
(foldoc) | mockingbird
Software that intercepts communications (especially login
transactions) between users and hosts and provides system-like
responses to the users while saving their responses
(especially account IDs and passwords). A special case of
Trojan horse.
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mockingboard
(foldoc) | Mockingboard
A sound and speech board for the Apple II
computer, on sale in 1978.
See also zxnrbl.
(1997-03-18)
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mockingbird
(jargon) | mockingbird
n.
Software that intercepts communications (especially login transactions)
between users and hosts and provides system-like responses to the users
while saving their responses (especially account IDs and passwords). A
special case of Trojan horse.
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