hoax
verbosustantivoatestiguado en diálogos
- Reino Unido//həʊks//
- Estados Unidos//hoʊks//
To deceive (someone) by making them believe something that has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated.
verbo
- 1
To deceive (someone) by making them believe something that has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated.
Etimología
Reportedly a form of hocus. Possibly from hocus-pocus or Latin iocus (“joke”). Compare hokey.
sustantivo
- 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.
Formas
- plural
- hoaxes
- pasado
- hoaxed
- participio
- hoaxed
- gerundio
- hoaxing
- 3.ª persona del singular
- hoaxes
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