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- Dictionaryhoaxer/ˈhəʊksə/
noun
- 1. a person who tricks or deceives someone by means of a hoax: "the hoaxer claimed her mother was trapped in a burning flat"
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a person who carries out a trick or plan to deceive people, such as telling the police there is a bomb somewhere when there is not: If a hoaxer sends a pizza to the wrong address, little damage is done. A bomb hoaxer brought chaos to the city with a false threat. See. hoax. Fewer examples.
noun. 1. : an act intended to trick or dupe : imposture. the victim of a cruel hoax. assumed the bomb threat was just a hoax. 2. : something accepted or established by fraud or fabrication. believes the Loch Ness Monster is a hoax. a literary hoax. Synonyms. Verb. bamboozle. beguile. bluff.
A hoaxer is someone who carries out a hoax. [mainly British].... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
A hoax is often intended as a practical joke or to cause embarrassment, or to provoke social or political change by raising people's awareness of something. It can also emerge from a marketing or advertising purpose.
a person who carries out a trick or plan to deceive people, such as telling the police there is a bomb somewhere when there is not: If a hoaxer sends a pizza to the wrong address, little damage is done. A bomb hoaxer brought chaos to the city with a false threat. See. hoax. More examples.
1. An act intended to deceive or trick. 2. Something that has been established or accepted by fraudulent means. tr.v. hoaxed, hoax·ing, hoax·es. To deceive or cheat by using a hoax. [Perhaps alteration of hocus .] hoax′er n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
Definition of hoaxer noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
