hoaxed; hoaxing; hoaxes
Definition of hoax
(Entry 1 of 2)
: to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous
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hoax
nounDefinition of hoax (Entry 2 of 2)
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
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The first known use of hoax was circa 1796
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