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hoax

/hoʊks/noun, verb1 syllable

Hoax means: something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage.

Synonyms for hoax8

noun, as in something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

fraud, fraudulence, dupery, humbug, put-on

verb, as in subject to a playful hoax or joke

pull someone's leg, play a joke on

also used for hoax

canard

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What does hoax mean?2

noun

1

something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

verb

1

subject to a playful hoax or joke

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with hoax?9

two syllables

evokes
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Hoax in a sentence

  • My grandpa believes that the moon landing was a hoax.Spamster
  • Does the president believe climate change is a hoax?al_ex_an_der
  • Sami realized right there and then that that was probably a hoax.OsoHombre
  • I really hope this is not some kind of hoax.AlanF_US
  • I really hope this isn't some kind of hoax.CK
  • I really hope that this isn't some kind of hoax.CK
  • That story turned out to be a hoax.shekitten
  • The news about the virus was just a hoax.Amastan

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of hoax

as a noun

plural
hoaxes

as a verb

past tense
hoaxed
present participle
hoaxing
third-person singular
hoaxes
past participle
hoaxed