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Dictionary: Mock·ing

a.

Imitating, esp. in derision, or so as to cause derision; mimicking; derisive.

Mocking thrush (Zoöl.), any species of the genus Harporhynchus, as the brown thrush (H. rufus). -- Mocking wren (Zoöl.), any American wren of the genus Thryothorus, esp. T. Ludovicianus.


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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule
  Synonyms: derisive, gibelike, jeering, taunting

Meaning #2: playfully vexing (especially by ridicule)
  Synonyms: teasing, quizzical


 
 
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