hoax

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To deceive (someone) by making them believe something that has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated.

noun

/həʊks/ en-uk-hoax.ogg /hoʊks/ en-us-hoax.ogg

hoax hoaxes hoaxing hoaxed

Reportedly a form of hocus. Possibly from hocus-pocus or Latin iocus (“joke”). Compare hokey.

canard

hoaxable hoaxee hoaxer hoaxster unhoax climate hoax coronahoax global hoax hoaxical hoaxlike Hoaxocaust hoaxter Holohoax

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