"mocking" meaning in English

See mocking in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈmɑkɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈmɒkɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-mocking.ogg Forms: more mocking [comparative], most mocking [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɒkɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj}} mocking (comparative more mocking, superlative most mocking)
  1. derisive or contemptuous Translations (derisive or contemptuous): pilkallinen (Finnish), ivallinen (Finnish), ilkkuva (Finnish), spöttisch (German), gúnyos (Hungarian), aithriseach (Irish), beffeggiante (Italian), dileggiante (Italian), deridente (Italian), burlesco (Italian), batjocoritor (Romanian), burlón (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-mocking-en-adj-3kBXj7-W Disambiguation of 'derisive or contemptuous': 95 5
  2. teasing or taunting Translations (teasing or taunting): aithriseach (Irish), deridere (Italian), schernire (Italian), beffeggiare (Italian), dileggiare (Italian)
    Sense id: en-mocking-en-adj-12aR1-Xb Categories (other): English terms with collocations Disambiguation of 'teasing or taunting': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mockingbird, mocking thrush, mocking wren

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɑkɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈmɒkɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-mocking.ogg Forms: mockings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒkɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} mocking (countable and uncountable, plural mockings)
  1. mockery Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: mocking is catching
    Sense id: en-mocking-en-noun-~YtOYtFs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 18 59 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 22 21 54 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 14 69 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 10 79 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 15 16 61 7 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 15 16 61 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 14 20 57 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 15 16 62 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 12 33 49 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 15 16 61 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 12 11 76 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈmɑkɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈmɒkɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-mocking.ogg
Rhymes: -ɒkɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} mocking
  1. present participle and gerund of mock Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: mock
    Sense id: en-mocking-en-verb-spjDJKRn

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "derisive or contemptuous",
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    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "derisive or contemptuous",
      "word": "beffeggiante"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "derisive or contemptuous",
      "word": "dileggiante"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "derisive or contemptuous",
      "word": "deridente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "derisive or contemptuous",
      "word": "burlesco"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "derisive or contemptuous",
      "word": "batjocoritor"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "derisive or contemptuous",
      "word": "burlón"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "teasing or taunting",
      "word": "aithriseach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "teasing or taunting",
      "word": "deridere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "teasing or taunting",
      "word": "schernire"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "teasing or taunting",
      "word": "beffeggiare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "teasing or taunting",
      "word": "dileggiare"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mocking"
}

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