hoax

H0226200 (hōks)n.1. An act intended to deceive or trick.2. Something that has been established or accepted by fraudulent means.tr.v. hoaxed, hoax·ing, hoax·es To deceive or cheat by using a hoax.

[Perhaps alteration of hocus.]

hoax′er n.

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(həʊks) na deception, esp a practical jokevb (tr) to deceive or play a joke on (someone)[C18: probably from hocus] ˈhoaxer n

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(hoʊks)

n., v. hoaxed, hoax•ing. n. 1. something intended to deceive or defraud. v.t. 2. to deceive by a hoax; hoodwink. [1790–1800; perhaps contraction of hocus] hoax′er, n.

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Past participle: hoaxed
Gerund: hoaxing

Imperative
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Present
I hoax
you hoax
he/she/it hoaxes
we hoax
you hoax
they hoax

Preterite
I hoaxed
you hoaxed
he/she/it hoaxed
we hoaxed
you hoaxed
they hoaxed

Present Continuous
I am hoaxing
you are hoaxing
he/she/it is hoaxing
we are hoaxing
you are hoaxing
they are hoaxing

Present Perfect
I have hoaxed
you have hoaxed
he/she/it has hoaxed
we have hoaxed
you have hoaxed
they have hoaxed

Past Continuous
I was hoaxing
you were hoaxing
he/she/it was hoaxing
we were hoaxing
you were hoaxing
they were hoaxing

Past Perfect
I had hoaxed
you had hoaxed
he/she/it had hoaxed
we had hoaxed
you had hoaxed
they had hoaxed

Future
I will hoax
you will hoax
he/she/it will hoax
we will hoax
you will hoax
they will hoax

Future Perfect
I will have hoaxed
you will have hoaxed
he/she/it will have hoaxed
we will have hoaxed
you will have hoaxed
they will have hoaxed

Future Continuous
I will be hoaxing
you will be hoaxing
he/she/it will be hoaxing
we will be hoaxing
you will be hoaxing
they will be hoaxing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been hoaxing
you have been hoaxing
he/she/it has been hoaxing
we have been hoaxing
you have been hoaxing
they have been hoaxing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been hoaxing
you will have been hoaxing
he/she/it will have been hoaxing
we will have been hoaxing
you will have been hoaxing
they will have been hoaxing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been hoaxing
you had been hoaxing
he/she/it had been hoaxing
we had been hoaxing
you had been hoaxing
they had been hoaxing

Conditional
I would hoax
you would hoax
he/she/it would hoax
we would hoax
you would hoax
they would hoax

Past Conditional
I would have hoaxed
you would have hoaxed
he/she/it would have hoaxed
we would have hoaxed
you would have hoaxed
they would have hoaxed

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hoax - something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantagedupery, put-on, fraud, fraudulence, humbugchicanery, wile, shenanigan, trickery, guile, chicane - the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)goldbrick - anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless
Verb	1.	hoax - subject to a playful hoax or jokeplay a joke on, pull someone's legcozen, deceive, delude, lead on - be false to; be dishonest with

hoax

noun1. trick, joke, fraud, con (informal), deception, spoof (informal), prank, swindle, ruse, practical joke, canard, fast one (informal), imposture His claim to have a bomb was a hoax.verb1. deceive, trick, fool, take in (informal), con (slang), wind up (Brit. slang), kid (informal), bluff, dupe, gull (archaic), delude, swindle, bamboozle (informal), gammon (Brit. informal), hoodwink, take (someone) for a ride (informal), befool, hornswoggle (slang) He recently hoaxed Nelson Mandela by pretending to be Tony Blair.

Translations

愚弄戏弄欺骗

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(həuks) noun a trick played to deceive people. There wasn't a bomb in the school at all – it was just a hoax. 戏弄，愚弄 verb to trick. They found that they had been hoaxed.欺骗play a hoax on to carry out a trick on. 玩弄骗局

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noun trick

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verb deceive

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noun something intended to deceive

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verb subject to a playful hoax or joke

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