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mock attrib. adjective. M16.
[Partly from the noun, partly from stem of the verb in comb. with an object.]
Sham, imitation, esp. without intention to deceive; pretended, fake; spec. (of an examination) set to give practice for a specified more serious examination. M16.
B. Pym It was quite an imposing fa?ade, mock Palladian. Alan Bennett He's doing his mock A levels next week. Rachel Anderson Humphrey..rolled his eyes upward in mock disapproval.
In names of plants etc.: = FALSE adjective 7. M16.
Special collocations: mock auction (a) a Dutch auction; (b) an auction of worthless goods, in which false bids are made in order to elicit genuine bids from others. mock auctioneer the auctioneer at a mock auction. mock CROC. mock goose (now rare) leg of pork cooked to resemble goose. mock lead = BLENDE. mock moon = PARASELENE. mock-nightingale dial. the blackcap, Sylvia atricapilla. mock olive any of various Australian trees of the genus Notelaea, of the olive family, with succulent fruit and hard wood. mock orange (a) a philadelphus; (b) Austral. an evergreen shrub, Pittosporum undulatum (family Pittosporaceae), with fragrant flowers. mock privet = PHILLYREA. mock sun = PARHELION. mock turtle soup soup made from a calf's head etc. to resemble turtle soup.