hoax

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English

Etymology

Reportedly a form of hocus (though there is no evidence of hocus being used as a verb).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /həʊks/

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• Rhymes: -əʊks
• Homophone: hokes

Verb

hoax (third-person singular simple present hoaxes, present participle hoaxing, simple past and past participle hoaxed)

1. (transitive) To deceive (someone) by making them believe something which has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated.

Derived terms

• hoaxer
• hoaxster (rare)

Translations

to deceive with a hoax

Chinese: Mandarin: 欺騙 (cmn), 欺骗 (cmn) (qīpiàn), 作弄 (cmn) (zuònòng), 戲弄 (cmn), 戏弄 (cmn) (xìnòng) Czech: podvést (cs), napálit (cs) Finnish: huijata (fi) French: duper (fr), berner (fr) German: anführen, hereinlegen

Hebrew: מתח (he) (matákh) Ido: dup-igo Italian: frodare (it) Japanese: ペテンに掛ける (ja) (peten-ni kakeru) Portuguese: fraudar (pt) Russian: разыгрывать (ru) (razýgryvat') impf., разыграть (ru) (razygrát') pf.

Noun

hoax (plural hoaxes)

1. Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick.

Translations

anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick

Chinese: Mandarin: 騙局 (cmn), 骗局 (cmn) (piànjú), 惡作劇 (cmn), 恶作剧 (cmn) (èzuòjù) Czech: podvod m., mystifikace f., žert m. Finnish: huijaus (fi) French: canular (fr) m., mystification (fr) f., intox (fr) f. German: Streich (de) m., Trick (de) m. Greek: φάρσα (el) (fársa) Hungarian: átverés

Italian: frode (it) Japanese: ペテン (ja) (peten), いたずら (ja) (itazura) (悪戯 (ja)) Norwegian: puss (no) n., bedrag (no) n. Polish: mistyfikacja (pl) f., (dated) szalbierstwo (pl) n. Portuguese: fraude (pt) Romanian: cioara vopsita (ro) Russian: розыгрыш (ru) (rózygryš) m., трюк (ru) (trjuk) m., мистификация (ru) (mistifikácija) m., обман (ru) (obmán) m. Spanish: bulo (es)