mock

verb [T] (INSULT)

/mɑk/

Definition

› to copy someone or a characteristic of someone in an amusing but unkind way that makes other people laugh, or to try to make someone or something seem foolish or ridiculous: Some of the boys in the dorm loved to mock Roger’s British accent.

(Definition of mock verb (INSULT) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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