Hoax

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  • noun. An act intended to deceive or trick.
  • noun. Something that has been established or accepted by fraudulent means.
  • transitive verb. To deceive or cheat by using a hoax.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A humorous or mischievous deception; a practical joke; usually, a marvelous or exciting fabrication or fiction gravely related as a test of credulity.
  • noun. One who misleads or deceives; a hoaxer; a humbug.
  • To deceive by an amusing or mischievous fabrication or fiction; play upon the credulity of.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A deception for mockery or mischief; a deceptive trick or story; a practical joke.
  • transitive verb. To deceive by a story or a trick, for sport or mischief; to impose upon sportively.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To deceive (someone) by making them believe something which has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated.
  • noun. Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
  • verb. subject to a playful hoax or joke
    • Word Usage
    "– I agree that one about climate science being a hoax is my favorite."
    cross-reference
    the moon hoax  
    Form
    hoaxed  hoaxer  hoaxing  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cozen  deceive  delude  lead on  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Cokes  Ochs  blokes  chokes  coax  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    artifice  chicanery  conspiracy  cover-up  deception  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bamboozle  befool  beguile  betray  bluff  
    verb-form
    hoaxed  hoaxes  hoaxing  
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