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hoax
(hōks)n.
1. An act intended to deceive or trick.
2. Something that has been established or accepted by fraudulent means.
tr.v. hoaxed, hoax·ing, hoax·es
To deceive or cheat by using a hoax.
[Perhaps alteration of hocus.]
hoax′er n.
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hoax
(həʊks)n
a deception, esp a practical joke
vb
(tr) to deceive or play a joke on (someone)
[C18: probably from hocus]
ˈhoaxer n
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hoax
(hoʊks)n., v. hoaxed, hoax•ing. n.
1. something intended to deceive or defraud.
v.t. 2. to deceive by a hoax; hoodwink.
[1790–1800; perhaps contraction of hocus]
hoax′er, n.
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hoax
Past participle: hoaxed
Gerund: hoaxing
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| Noun | 1. | hoax - something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage chicanery, wile, shenanigan, trickery, guile, chicane - the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) goldbrick - anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless |
| Verb | 1. | hoax - subject to a playful hoax or joke |
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hoax
noun
verb
1. deceive, trick, fool, take in (informal), con (slang), wind up (Brit. slang), kid (informal), bluff, dupe, gull (archaic), delude, swindle, bamboozle (informal), gammon (Brit. informal), hoodwink, take (someone) for a ride (informal), befool, hornswoggle (slang) He recently hoaxed Nelson Mandela by pretending to be Tony Blair.
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Translations
خُدْعَهيَخْدَع
napálitpodvéstpodvodfalešná zpráva
fupnummernarre
huijatahuijaus
blekking, bragîblekkja
ペテンペテンに掛ける
apgautiiškrėsti pokštąnemalonus pokštas
mānīšanāspiemānīttriks
falošná správaurobiť si dobrý deň z
potegavščina
hoax
[həʊks]A. N → engaño m
B. VT → engañar
C. CPD hoax call N llamada efectuada a la policía, los bomberos, etc. para dar un falso aviso de bomba, incendio, etc
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
hoax
[ˈhəʊks] modif [call, threat] → faux(fausse)
a hoax call → un faux appel
a hoax bomb threat → une fausse alerte à la bombe
He was jailed for six months for making a hoax bomb threat → Il a été emprisonné pendant six mois pour une fausse alerte à la bombe.
a hoax call → un faux appel
a hoax bomb threat → une fausse alerte à la bombe
He was jailed for six months for making a hoax bomb threat → Il a été emprisonné pendant six mois pour une fausse alerte à la bombe.
vt
to be hoaxed by sb → être victime d'un canular de la part de qn
to be hoaxed by sb → être victime d'un canular de la part de qn
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
hoax
n (= practical joke) → Streich m; (= trick etc) → Trick m; (= false alarm) → blinder Alarm; to play a hoax on somebody → jdm einen Streich spielen vt → anführen, hereinlegen (inf); to hoax somebody into believing something → jdm etw weismachen; we were completely hoaxed → wir ließen uns anführen, wir fielen darauf herein
hoax
:hoax caller, hoaxer
n (in bomb scares etc) jd, der einen blinden Alarm auslöst
hoax story
n → Zeitungsente f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
hoax
(həuks) noun a trick played to deceive people. There wasn't a bomb in the school at all – it was just a hoax.
verb to trick. They found that they had been hoaxed.
play a hoax on to carry out a trick on.
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