Hoax - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|həʊks|
Brit.
|həʊks|
noun
- something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage (syn: dupery, fraud, fraudulence, humbug)
verb
- subject to a playful hoax or joke
Extra examples
...a skilled forger who hoaxed the art world into believing that the paintings were long-lost Vermeers...
The bomb threat is probably a hoax, but we should still evacuate the building.
She was the victim of a cruel hoax.
...an ingrain skepticism that saves him from falling for every hoax that comes along...
Detectives are investigating a hoax call which led to the evacuation of an office block.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: hoax
he/she/it: hoaxes
present participle: hoaxing
past tense: hoaxed
past participle: hoaxed
I/you/we/they: hoax
he/she/it: hoaxes
present participle: hoaxing
past tense: hoaxed
past participle: hoaxed
noun
singular: hoax
plural: hoaxes
singular: hoax
plural: hoaxes
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