hoax
verbnounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//həʊks//
- United States//hoʊks//
To deceive (someone) by making them believe something that has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated.
verb
- 1
To deceive (someone) by making them believe something that has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated.
Etymology
Reportedly a form of hocus. Possibly from hocus-pocus or Latin iocus (“joke”). Compare hokey.
noun
- 1
Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick.
The phone call to the police about a tiger in a tree turned out to be a hoax.
The news story about the pop singer coming to town, unfortunately for his fans, turned out to be a hoax.
Forms
- plural
- hoaxes
- past tense
- hoaxed
- past participle
- hoaxed
- present participle
- hoaxing
- third person singular
- hoaxes
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