mocks
Imitates with contempt
Mocks is the third-person singular form of mock, meaning to ridicule or imitate derisively: She mocks his accent behind his back.
In software development, mocks are simulated objects that stand in for real components during testing: We wrote mocks for the database calls.
Mock exams or trials are practice versions: The mocks helped her prepare for finals.
Insulting provocation
- jeerVocal expression of scorn
- sneerScornful expression
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
- derideMock with contempt
heckle · scoff · tease · belittle · disparage · insult · humiliate · demean
One who copies others
- parodySatirical imitation
- impersonateAssume another's identity
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
- lampoonHarsh public mockery
spoof · ape · send-up · satirize · burlesque · travesty · pastiche · take off
Rehearsal assessment before actual
- trial runPreliminary test attempt
- dry runPractice session beforehand
- rehearsalPre-performance practice session
- sample testUngraded preparatory assessment
simulation · SAT prep · GRE prep · scrimmage · dress rehearsal
Melodious perching avian
- territorialDefensive about owned space
- state birdLegislatively designated avian emblem
- catbirdMewing gray songster
- thrasherGround-foraging mimid songbird
taunt
Insulting provocation
deride · heckle · scoff · tease · belittle · disparage · insult · humiliate · demean · bully
mimic
One who copies others
- parodySatirical imitation
- impersonateAssume another's identity
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
lampoon · spoof · ape · send-up · satirize · burlesque · travesty · pastiche · take off · exaggerate
practice exam
Rehearsal assessment before actual
- trial runPreliminary test attempt
- dry runPractice session beforehand
- rehearsalPre-performance practice session
sample test · simulation · SAT prep · GRE prep · scrimmage · dress rehearsal
songbird
Melodious perching avian
- territorialDefensive about owned space
- state birdLegislatively designated avian emblem
- catbirdMewing gray songster
- criticismscriticizes, disparages, condemns, denounces, censures
- disparagementdefame, denigrate, disparage, malign, slander
- mocksteases, ridicules, taunts, jeers, derides
- tauntstaunts, taunt, taunting, neener neener, insults
- Sixth Formpredicted grades, common room, free periods, study leave, results day
- software testingunit testing, alpha test, closed beta, unit test, open beta
- mocking birdsBirds known for imitation
- mocked upCreated a preliminary model
- make a mockery ofRender absurd or worthless
- mock examinationsPreparatory assessments before real ones
- mock battlesStaged combat for practice
- mock trialSimulated legal proceeding
mock, mocking, mockery, mocked, mocker, mockingbird, mockable