def reply(self, status=<NUM_LIT:200>, new_response=False, **kw):
<EOL>res = Response(**kw) if new_response else self._response<EOL>res.status(status or res._status)<EOL>res.mock = self<EOL>self._response = res<EOL>return res<EOL>
Defines the mock response.

Arguments:
    status (int, optional): response status code. Defaults to ``200``.
    **kw (dict): optional keyword arguments passed to ``pook.Response``
        constructor.

Returns:
    pook.Response: mock response definition instance.