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as in ridiculing
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as in parodying
to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of
team members good-naturedly mocked the coach's familiar bellow
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as in taunting
to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter
the fashion gurus loved to mock the famous couple for their unsophisticated clothes
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as in disobeying
to go against the commands, prohibitions, or rules of
a person willing to mock the religious prohibition against working on the Sabbath
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Recent Examples of mocking
Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2025
The cast, for their part, have not let up on their mocking of him.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
Still, the DoE’s X post drew millions of views and many mocking replies, including a community note reminding readers that batteries exist to store power when the sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
More Photo by Ian Maule/Getty Images After Atlanta's preseason win to the Dallas Cowboys, an opposing Cowboys fan echoed the mocking mispronunciation of Penix's name that caught the quarterback's attention.
—Cecil Merkerson, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Aug. 2025
Ross is also executive producer of Netflix’s celebrity roasts as well as a writer and a performer on them, including the headlines-making mocking of former NFL quarterback and seven-time Super Bowl winner Tom Brady.
—Frank Digiacomo, Billboard, 15 Aug. 2025
William Earl, Variety, 30 Dec. 2025
Now Sweeney, 75, is breaking his silence on a decades-long feud with Chevy Chase after Chase proposed Sweeney appear in an SNL sketch mocking the AIDS epidemic.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 30 Dec. 2025
Since then, the stewards behind @GavinNewsom and @govpressoffice have posted a steady supply of memes mocking MAGA royalty from Kid Rock to Vice President JD Vance.
—Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 30 Dec. 2025
The right-wing reaction also started a wave of memes, mocking the boycott videos.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 23 Dec. 2025
Myron Gaines, a podcaster with misogynistic views, posed with Posobiec while wearing a hoodie emblazoned with a meme mocking the genocide of Jews in the Holocaust.
—Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 22 Dec. 2025
Shortly after the shooting occurred, Kluwe sent a post seemingly mocking Kirk for getting shot.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 18 Dec. 2025
Maybe Frey is mocking materialism?
—Literary Hub, 17 Dec. 2025
I'mPhaedra Trethan, applauding this Missouri TV anchor for mocking the meanies who tried to mock her.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
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To get a sense of his whole deal, look no further than the half-mocking, half-earnest title of his latest album, Country!
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The movie has a brief mocking glimpse of MTV, just for a cheap laugh, when Springsteen is flipping channels between Badlands reruns.
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Ricky Gervais has hosted the Golden Globes five times, making Hollywood sweat with his take-no-prisoners approach to jokes mocking showbiz.
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However, a touch of sardonic levity has always been part of Panahi’s storytelling.—
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And her unfailing ability to give the perfect little sardonic wink and nod extends beyond her social media content and even beyond her impeccable performances in projects like Netflix's Too Much.—
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The scene came in a fictional segment parodying Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead in which Maggie defends her architectural talents after her daycare teacher punishes her for making beautiful structures from building blocks.—
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The brand announced the drop on Instagram with a campaign video parodying 1970s game shows.—
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But this heavy tide of content ridiculing any notion of his lasting importance to the American republic suggests a far different fate.—
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By the 1830s, politicians had stopped ridiculing America’s growing canal system.—
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In response, the Indiana chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, which represents Pakota Valley, filed a new lawsuit against the policy and filed a motion alleging the city is disobeying court orders.—
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He is also accused of disobeying a superior officer and making a false official statement.—
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The revelation quickly made headlines, and the social-media peanut gallery was sharply derisive.—
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There is nothing quite like experiencing a truly terrible film with a room full of gleefully derisive bad-movie fans.—
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Just kidding, Kim’s is a real and rational response, but Natalie is not having it.—
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While fictional, Joel’s compassion and care can’t help but feel like counterprogramming to the cynical everyday horrors of violent deportations, open bigotry from leading politicians, measles outbreaks and the return of whole milk (kidding!—
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James said while walking through the venue, imitating her excitement.—
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The people who are imitating Walter Cronkite don’t have his ethic.—
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Alyssa Farah Griffin attempted to cut in, with Navarro ignoring her in the moment.—
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James said the administration has not provided evidence of fraud or misuse of child care funding in New York, while ignoring the standard processes for withholding such funds.—
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“Mocking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mocking. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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