mock up

verb

To create a model or demonstration; to create a preliminary version or sample.

“They used paper and cardboard to mock up the layout for the control panel.”

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Meanings

verbmock up (third-person singular simple present mocks up, present participle mocking up, simple past and past participle mocked up)

present singular third person mocks up · participle present mocking up · participle past mocked up · past mocked up

  1. transitiveTo create a model or demonstration; to create a preliminary version or sample.

    They used paper and cardboard to mock up the layout for the control panel.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbconstruct a model in the likeness of

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model
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representinterpret
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model

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

mock up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mock%20up

MLA

“mock up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mock%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mock up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mock%20up.

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