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- Dictionaryhoax/həʊks/
noun
- 1. a humorous or malicious deception: "the evidence had been planted as part of an elaborate hoax"
verb
- 1. trick or deceive (someone).
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A hoax is a plan to deceive someone or a trick, such as telling the police there is a bomb somewhere when there is not one. Learn more about the meaning, usage and pronunciation of hoax, and see examples and translations in different languages.
A hoax is a widely publicised falsehood created to deceive its audience with false and often astonishing information, with the either malicious or humorous intent of causing shock and interest in as many people as possible.
Learn the meaning of hoax as a verb and a noun, with synonyms, examples, and word history. A hoax is an act or something intended to trick or deceive, or something false passed off or accepted as genuine.
Definitions of hoax. noun. something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage. synonyms: dupery, fraud, fraudulence, humbug, put-on. see more see less. verb. subject to a playful hoax or joke. synonyms: play a joke on, pull someone's leg. see more see less. Pronunciation. US. /hoʊks/ UK. /həʊks/ Cite this entry. Style:
A hoax is a trick in which someone tells people a lie, for example that there is a bomb somewhere when there is not, or that a picture is genuine when it is not. Learn more about the word origin, synonyms, pronunciation, and examples of 'hoax' in British and American English.
HOAX definition: a trick in which someone tries to make people believe something that is not true: . Learn more.
A hoax is a plan to deceive someone or a trick, such as telling the police there is a bomb somewhere when there is not one. Learn more about the meaning, usage and pronunciation of hoax, and see examples and translations in different languages.
