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Definition 1:
To laugh at or make fun of (someone or something) especially by copying an action or a way of behaving or speaking .
Examples:
The boys mocked him for showing fear.
They mocked his cries for help. [=they imitated his cries for help in an exaggerated way that was meant to ridicule him]
Other children would mock her accent. [=would make fun of the way she spoke by copying it in an exaggerated way]
Definition 2:
To criticize and laugh at (someone or something) for being bad, worthless, or unimportant .
Examples:
He mocks art only because he doesn’t understand it.
They continue to mock the idea of a new government.
We are being mocked for our religious beliefs.
You can mock me as much as you like, but I’m going to do it anyway.
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