Mocking - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: mockingMockingly
By way of derision in a contemptuous or mocking manner...
Parhelion
A mock sun appearing in the form of a bright light sometimes near the sun and tinged with colors like the rainbow and sometimes opposite to the sun The latter is usually called an anthelion Often several mock suns appear at the same time Cf Paraselene...
moot court
moot court : a mock court in which law students argue hypothetical cases for practice ...
Bemock
To mock to ridicule...
Blackcap
A small European song bird Sylvia atricapilla with a black crown the mock nightingale...
Blende
A mineral called also sphalerite and by miners mock lead false galena and black jack It is a zinc sulphide but often contains some iron Its color is usually yellow brown or black and its luster resinous...
Brown thrush
A common American singing bird Harporhynchus rufus allied to the mocking bird also called brown thrasher...
Burlesque
Tending to excite laughter or contempt by extravagant images or by a contrast between the subject and the manner of treating it as when a trifling subject is treated with mock gravity jocular ironical...
Catbird
An American bird Galeoscoptes Carolinensis allied to the mocking bird and like it capable of imitating the notes of other birds but less perfectly Its note resembles at times the mewing of a cat...
Charivari
A mock serenade of discordant noises made with kettles tin horns etc designed to annoy and insult called also shivaree...
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