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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.
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 widely publicised falsehood created to deceive its audience with false and often astonishing information, with the either malicious or humorous intent of causing shock and interest in as many people as possible.
Hoax definition: something intended to deceive or defraud. See examples of HOAX used in a sentence.
What Is A Hoax? A hoax is an outrageous, ingenious, dramatic, or sensational act of deception that captures the attention (and often the imagination) of the public. Great hoaxes, like the Great Moon Hoax of 1835 and the Cardiff Giant, manage to create a sense of mystery and astonishment.
If you put on big fake feet, stomp through your muddy backyard and tell everyone you saw Bigfoot fixing a steak on your grill, you are playing a hoax on your friends. Hoax is believed to be a shortened version of hocus pocus , thus conveying the feeling of trickery and sleight of hand.
hoax - something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
A hoax is a trick in which someone tells people a lie, for example that a picture is genuine when it is not.
Definition of hoax noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
