hoax
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 4
/həʊks/(UK)
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/həʊks/(UK) · /hoʊks/(US)
Definition of hoax
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
- (transitive)To deceive (someone) by making them believe something that has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated.
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verb
- (transitive)To deceive (someone) by making them believe something that has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated.
noun
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Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick.
“The phone call to the police about a tiger in a tree turned out to be a hoax.”
“The news story about the pop singer coming to town, unfortunately for his fans, turned out to be a hoax.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Reportedly a form of hocus. Possibly from hocus-pocus or Latin iocus (“joke”). Compare hokey.
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