- present participle of mock.
mocking
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"They don't have enough land," he said, mocking Russia -- the world's largest country.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
The Korean company and its devotees are mocking Apple for hyping a product they’ve had for years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
She often does it while deflecting the mocking remarks of rambunctious colleagues Jesse Watters and Greg Gutfeld, who try to throw off her arguments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Phillips ultimately lost his job with Collins too, this time after crudely mocking a rival political operative whose wife had accused former NBC journalist Matt Lauer of rape.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026
I wondered if—for a lot of people—it was going to feel like the air had been let out of their angry protest, leaving nothing behind but a strange, empty, mocking silence.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
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A #nursewho hashtag emerged on Twitter, attached both to attacks on the casting and ironic mockings of the attackers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2017
Guessing the cause, our mockings joined with those Yelled from the shipping as they towed her by.
From Georgian Poetry 1913-15 by Sir Edward Howard Marsh
Ye may endure their mockings, and all the hard measure which ye get her, for it shall be recompensed unto them.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning
Blessed be God, that no taunts or mockings could so move Him, Who suffered all for our sakes.
From "Granny's Chapters" (on scriptural subjects) by Lady Mary Ross
The deceived maiden is cast down by the jeers and mockings of her erstwhile companions, and comforted by Siebel.
From A Book of Operas Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music by Henry Edward Krehbiel
Vocabulary lists containing mocking
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 1
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"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
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ACT Reading Test: Words to Capture Tone, List 1
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