hoax
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transitive verb \ˈhōks\Definition of HOAX
: to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous
— hoax·er noun
Examples of HOAX
- <a skilled forger who hoaxed the art world into believing that the paintings were long-lost Vermeers>
Origin of HOAX
probably contraction of hocus
First Known Use: circa 1796
Related to HOAX
- Synonyms
- bamboozle, beguile, bluff, buffalo, burn, catch, con, cozen, delude, dupe, fake out, fool, gaff, gammon, gull, have, have on [chiefly British], deceive, hoodwink, hornswoggle, humbug, juggle, misguide, misinform, mislead, snooker, snow, spoof, string along, sucker, suck in, take in, trick
- Antonyms
- undeceive
Rhymes with HOAX
2hoax
nounDefinition of HOAX
1
: an act intended to trick or dupe : imposture
2
: something accepted or established by fraud or fabrication
See Examples of HOAX
- The bomb threat is probably a hoax, but we should still evacuate the building.
- She was the victim of a cruel hoax.
First Known Use of HOAX
1808
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