Meaning & use

Mocker

noun·Everyday

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A person who mocks, ridicules, or makes fun of someone or something, often scornfully.

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The class clown was known as a mocker who imitated every teacher's voice.

Critics dismissed him as a mocker rather than a serious commentator on the industry.

A note on using this word

The related idiom 'to knock someone off their mocker' is old British slang meaning to kill, unrelated to this sense.

Words with a similar meaning

ridiculerscoffertaunter

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