When faced with “Mock”, it helps to work from known examples. These answers were selected because they’ve appeared in puzzles using nearly the same clue text and structure.
Answers:
- TAUNT
- RIPON
- RIDICULE
- TEASE
- DERIDE
- JEERAT
- SCOFF
- JAPE
- JEER
- MAKEFUNOF
- EASE
- DUMMY
- LAMPOON
- RIB
- APE
- IMITATIVE
- FLOUT
- SCOFFAT
- SNEER
- TAKETHEMICKEY
Synonyms and Definitions
TAUNT
- Synonyms: bait, cod, rag, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, tantalize, taunting, tease, twit
RIDICULE
- Synonyms: blackguard, derision, guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, rib, roast
TEASE
- Synonyms: annoyer, badger, beleaguer, bug, card, coquette, flirt, fluff, loosen, minx, pester, prickteaser, ribbing, tantalization, taunt, tease apart, teaser, teasing, vamp, vamper, vexer
SCOFF
- Synonyms: barrack, flout, gibe, jeer, jeering, mockery, scoffing
JAPE
- Synonyms: gag, jest, joke, laugh
JEER
- Synonyms: scoff
EASE
- Synonyms: allay, alleviate, comfort, easiness, facilitate, informality, relaxation, relief, relieve, repose, rest, simpleness, simplicity, still
DUMMY
- Synonyms: blank, blank shell, boob, booby, dope, dumbbell, dummy up, pinhead, silent person
LAMPOON
- Synonyms: burlesque, charade, parody, pasquinade, put-on, satirise, satirize, sendup, spoof, takeoff, travesty
RIB
- Synonyms: costa, ridicule
APE
- Synonyms: anthropoid, aper, caricature, copycat, emulator, imitator
IMITATIVE
- Synonyms: counterfeit, echoic, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic
SNEER
- Synonyms: leer