mock-up

noun

ˈmäk-ˌəp 

ˈmȯk-

1

: a full-sized structural model built to scale chiefly for study, testing, or display

2

: a working sample (as of a magazine) for reviewing format, layout, or content

Examples of mock-up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

It should be noted that in-hand images of the black colorway have yet to surface and pictured here are instead speculative mock-ups of what the pair is expected to look like. —Riley Jones, Footwear News, 21 Feb. 2026

Landscape architect Rick Parisi also presented mock-ups showing the foliage that will accent the ballroom grounds and the relocation of a fountain on the east edge of the White House campus. —Arden Farhi, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026

At first there weren’t any submissions to discuss, so Wheeler and Boyd took us through the creation of a physical mock-up. —Nell Freudenberger, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026

More about the controversial plans and mock-ups of the coins is in the full story, here. —Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1920, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for mock-up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup

Kids Definition

mock-up

noun

ˈmäk-ˌəp, 

ˈmȯk-

: a full-sized model built for study, testing, or display

a mock-up of a car