MOCKER (mocker)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: mocker   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does mocker mean? 

• MOCKER (noun)
  The noun MOCKER has 2 senses:

1. someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision

2. long-tailed grey-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic songs of other birds

  Familiarity information: MOCKER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOCKER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

flouter; jeerer; mocker; scoffer

Hypernyms ("mocker" is a kind of...):

disagreeable person; unpleasant person (a person who is not pleasant or agreeable)

Derivation:

mock (treat with contempt)

mock (imitate with mockery and derision)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Long-tailed grey-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic songs of other birds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Mimus polyglotktos; mocker; mockingbird

Hypernyms ("mocker" is a kind of...):

oscine; oscine bird (passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus)

Holonyms ("mocker" is a member of...):

genus Mimus; Mimus (type genus of the family Mimidae: mockingbirds)