The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mock \Mock\, a. Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed; sham.
That superior greatness and mock majesty.
--Spectator.
Mock bishop's weed (Bot.), a genus of slender umbelliferous herbs ( Discopleura) growing in wet places.
Mock heroic, burlesquing the heroic; as, a mock heroic poem.
Mock lead. See Blende ( a ).
Mock nightingale (Zo["o]l.), the European blackcap.
Mock orange (Bot.), a genus of American and Asiatic shrubs ( Philadelphus), with showy white flowers in panicled cymes. Philadelphus coronarius, from Asia, has fragrant flowers; the American kinds are nearly scentless.
Mock sun. See Parhelion.
Mock turtle soup, a soup made of calf's head, veal, or other meat, and condiments, in imitation of green turtle soup.
Mock velvet, a fabric made in imitation of velvet. See Mockado.
Usage examples of "mock heroic".
The mock heroic attitude was so absurd to his auditors that one of the men behind Paul let out a short bark of incredulous laughter, which he quickly cut off.