hoax
verbenomattesté dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//həʊks//
- États-Unis//hoʊks//
To deceive (someone) by making them believe something that has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated.
verbe
- 1
To deceive (someone) by making them believe something that has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated.
Étymologie
Reportedly a form of hocus. Possibly from hocus-pocus or Latin iocus (“joke”). Compare hokey.
nom
- 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.
Formes
- pluriel
- hoaxes
- passé
- hoaxed
- participe passé
- hoaxed
- participe présent
- hoaxing
- 3ᵉ personne du singulier
- hoaxes
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