mockingbird, mocker, Mimus polyglotktos
(noun) long-tailed grey-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic songs of other birds
scoffer, flouter, mocker, jeerer
(noun) someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision
Source: WordNet® 3.1
mocker (plural mockers)
A person who mocks.
A mockingbird.
(archaic) A deceiver; an impostor.
Source: Wiktionary
Mock"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, mocks; a scorner; a scoffer; a derider.
2. A deceiver; an impostor.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A mocking bird. Mocker nut (Bot.), a kind of hickory (Carya tomentosa) and its fruit, which is far inferior to the true shagbark hickory nut.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
