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Mocking
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What's The Definition Of Mocking?
[adj] abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule; "derisive laughter"; "a jeering crowd"; "her mocking smile"; "taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'"
[adj] playfully vexing (especially by ridicule); "his face wore a somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air"- Lawrence Durrell Synonyms | Synonyms for Mocking: derisive | disrespectful | gibelike | jeering | playful | quizzical | taunting | teasing Related Terms | Find terms related to Mocking: adoption | appropriation | assumption | bantering | booing | borrowed plumes | catcalling | chaffing | copying | derisive | derisory | derivation | deriving | fleering | flippant | fooling | grinning | hissing | hooting | imitation | infringement | jeering | joshing | kidding | leering | panning | pasticcio | pastiche | pirating | plagiarism | plagiary | quizzical | ragging | railing | rallying | razzing | ridiculing | roasting | scoffing | simulation | smart | smart-alecky | smart-ass | smirking | sneering | snickering | sniggering | snorting | taking | taunting | teasing | twitting See Also | Mocking In Webster's Dictionary \Mock"ing\, a.
Imitating, esp. in derision, or so as to cause derision;
mimicking; derisive.
{Mocking bird} (Zo["o]l.), a North American singing bird
({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. The name is also
applied to other species of the same genus, found in
Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies.
{Mocking thrush} (Zo["o]l.), any species of the genus
{Harporhynchus}, as the brown thrush ({H. rufus}).
{Mocking wren} (Zo["o]l.), any American wren of the genus
{Thryothorus}, esp. {T. Ludovicianus}.
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