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mocking

/ˈmɑkɪŋ/ noun C2
  1. mockery (countable, uncountable)

Plural mockings

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One evening they were standing on the bridge over a rushing turbulent stream and Cordelia, thinking they were alone, pushed Geraldine over the brink with a wild, mocking, ‘Ha, ha, ha.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 206 · C1
For an instant he half raised his loaded cane once more, as if he would turn his violence from the effigy to the original; but there was something in that steady grey eye and mocking smile which caused his hand to sink to his side.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 35 · B2
“Thomson & French are perfectly solvent,” replied Danglars, with an almost mocking smile; “but the word unlimited, in financial affairs, is so extremely vague.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 476 · C1

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