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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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HOAX definition: 1. a plan to deceive someone, such as telling the police there is a bomb somewhere when there is…. Learn more.
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.
The meaning of HOAX is to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous. How to use hoax in a sentence.
HOAX meaning: 1. a plan to deceive someone, such as telling the police there is a bomb somewhere when there is…. Learn more.
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. A series of bomb hoaxes has disrupted Christmas shopping in the city centre.
noun. something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage. synonyms: dupery, fraud, fraudulence, humbug, put-on. see more. verb. subject to a playful hoax or joke. synonyms: play a joke on, pull someone's leg. see more. Pronunciation. US. /hoʊks/ UK. /həʊks/ Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Hoax."
Hoax definition: something intended to deceive or defraud. See examples of HOAX used in a sentence.
an act intended to make somebody believe something that is not true, especially something unpleasant. He was accused of using a bomb hoax to empty a rival restaurant. Detectives are still investigating the hoax calls. The emergency call turned out to be a hoax. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Word Origin. Want to learn more?
HOAX definition: a trick in which someone tries to make people believe something that is not true: . Learn more.
Noun. Verb. Filter. noun. hoaxes. A trick or fraud, esp. one meant as a practical joke. Webster's New World. An act intended to deceive or trick. American Heritage. Similar definitions. Something that has been established or accepted by fraudulent means. American Heritage. Synonyms: dupery. put-on. humbug. fraudulence. rumor. mare-s-nest. imposture
