English-Thai Dictionary

mockingbird

N นก อเมริกา ลาย สี ดำ และ ขาว  nok-ar-me-ri-ka-lai-se-dam-lea-kao

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MOCKING

ppr. Imitating in contempt; mimicking; ridiculing by mimicry; treating with sneers and scorn; defeating; deluding.

 

MOCKING

n.Derision; insult.

 

MOCKING-BIRD

n.The mocking thrush of America; a bird of the genus Turdus.

 

MOCKINGLY

adv. By way of derision; in contempt.

 

MOCKING-STOCK

n.A butt of sport.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MOCKING

MOCKING Mock "ing, a.

 

Defn: Imitating, esp. in derision, or so as to cause derision; mimicking; derisive. Mocking bird (Zoöl.), a North American singing bird (Mimus polyglottos ), remarkable for its exact imitations of the notes of other birds. Its back is gray; the tail and wings are blackish, with a white patch on each wing; the outer tail feathers are partly white. The name is also applied to other species of the same genus, found in Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies. -- Mocking thrush (Zoöl.), any species of the genus Harporhynchus,as the brown thrush (H. rufus ). -- Mocking wren (Zoöl.), any American wren of the genus Thryothorus, esp. T. Ludovicianus.

 

MOCKINGLY

MOCKINGLY Mock "ing *ly, adv.

 

Defn: By way of derision; in a contemptuous or mocking manner.

 

MOCKINGSTOCK

MOCKINGSTOCK Mock "ing *stock `, n.

 

Defn: A butt of sport; an object of derision. [R.]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

mocking

mock ing |ˈmäkiNG ˈmɑːkɪŋ | ▶adjective making fun of someone or something in a cruel way; derisive: the mocking hostility in his voice made her wince. DERIVATIVES mock ing ly adverb

 

mockingbird

mock ing bird |ˈmäkiNGˌbərd ˈmɑkɪŋˌbərd | ▶noun a long-tailed thrushlike songbird with grayish plumage, found mainly in tropical America and noted for its mimicry of the calls and songs of other birds. [Family Mimidae (the mockingbird family ): three genera and several species, esp. the northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos ) of North America. The mockingbird family also includes the catbirds, thrashers, and tremblers. ]

 

Oxford Dictionary

mocking

mock |ing |ˈmɒkɪŋ | ▶adjective making fun of someone or something in a cruel way; derisive: he got jeers and mocking laughter as he addressed the marchers. DERIVATIVES mockingly adverb

 

mockingbird

mock ¦ing |bird |ˈmɒkɪŋbəːd | ▶noun a long-tailed thrush-like songbird with greyish plumage, found mainly in tropical America and noted for its mimicry of the calls and songs of other birds. ●Family Mimidae (the mockingbird family ): three genera and several species, especially the northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos ), of North America. The mockingbird family also includes the catbirds, thrashers, and tremblers.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

mocking

mocking adjective a mocking smile: sneering, derisive, contemptuous, scornful, sardonic, insulting, satirical, sarcastic, ironic, ironical, quizzical, teasing, taunting. ANTONYMS friendly, open, good-humoured.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

mocking

m ó ck ing 形容詞 あざける (ような ).

 

mockingbird

m ó ck ing b ì rd 名詞 C 〘鳥 〙マネシツグミ .

 

mockingly

m ó ck ing ly 副詞 あざけって, ばかにして, からかって .