hoax

Plural: hoaxes

Noun

• something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
• Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick.

Verb

Verb Forms: hoaxed, hoaxing, hoaxes

• To deceive or trick someone, often for amusement.
• subject to a playful hoax or joke
• To deceive (someone) by making them believe something that has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated.

Examples

• He tried to HOAX his opponent into thinking he had no vowels, but his hand was full of them.
• The news story about the pop singer coming to town, unfortunately for his fans, turned out to be a hoax.
• The phone call to the police about a tiger in a tree turned out to be a hoax.

Synonyms

dupery, fraud, fraudulence, humbug, play a joke on, pull someone's leg, put-on, canard

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