Definition of hoax in English:

hoax

noun həʊkshoʊks

A humorous or malicious deception.
戏弄，恶作剧
the evidence had been planted as part of an elaborate hoax
as modifier a hoax 999 call
Example sentencesExamples
- It leads with a report that two ambulance crew have been suspended after claims they made a hoax emergency call to colleagues.
- Of course, with the aid of mirrors, it was all an elaborate hoax with a master hidden inside making the moves.
- But no accident was discovered and police are treating the incident as a malicious hoax call.
- The police say they are following a definite line of inquiry into the hoax call and hope to bring the culprit to justice shortly.
- Many companies are plagued by urban legends, scams, and hoaxes delivered by e-mail.
- As I speculated before, it could be that he is the victim of an elaborate hoax.
- Agent Bald, let's talk about the phone calls that the suspects say they made that were treated as hoaxes or jokes and nobody paid attention.
- A suspicious device discovered outside the home of a prison officer turned out to be an elaborate hoax.
- To be more precise, it began with a hoax newspaper story in Chicago.
- Whether malicious or good willed, what all hoaxes seem to have in common is an element of gaining power over somebody.
- There were histories of strange animals, most of which had since been identified and in a few cases turned out to be outright hoaxes or jokes.
- He spoke on pranks, frauds, and hoaxes from around the world.
- Apart from the links, there is sound advice on using the net for genealogy, including tips about how to spot scams and hoaxes.
- These hoax messages promise free products if the message is forwarded to a certain number of people.
- A funeral urn full of ashes left in a Salford cab may have been part of an elaborate hoax by Irish pranksters.
- I wonder how many hoaxes and scams are happening in that part of the world as we speak?
- It's not beyond people to conduct elaborate online hoaxes for any number of reasons that all really boil down to a means of getting attention.
- A hoax bomb, consisting of a plastic bag with wires and batteries taped to it, was found inside the concert hall on the same day.
- They organised elaborate hoaxes like the bestowing of imaginary honours, which he appears to have accepted with due solemnity.
- Hinton, himself, was one who enjoyed playing hoaxes and jokes on others.
Synonyms
practical joke, joke, jest, prank, trick, jape
ruse, deception, fraud, imposture, cheat, swindle, bluff, humbug, confidence trick
informal con, spoof, scam, fast one, put-on

verb həʊkshoʊks

[with object]

Trick or deceive (someone).
Example sentencesExamples
- I know that Ern Malley was not a real person, but a personality invented in order to hoax me.
- It took a few hours, and the worldwide dissemination of the story, before the they realized it had been hoaxed.
- The newspaper later confirmed that it had been hoaxed and printed a front-page apology, with a pledge to donate money to charity.
- His motive for hoaxing the world was clearly not financial, for he turned down opportunities of making a vast fortune from his story.
- A few years ago, of course, Frances, one of the girls, admitted that they had hoaxed everybody.
- When I ask if he has ever run into any of the celebrities he has hoaxed, his initial response is to deconstruct the question.
- In fact, in 1999 he published a revised edition of the book which argued that not only was her work unreliable due to bad research, but that the poor woman had actually been hoaxed by a number of the islanders she spent time with.
- As a rule I don't do anything about pleas such as this because I have been hoaxed in the past, but in this case I made an exception and forwarded the email to my address book list.
- Then he turned to hoaxing the gullible, those who wanted to believe in ‘miracle cures’.
- When it came to hoaxing the general public, Barnum was very clever in the way he positioned himself.
- I now have reason to believe that in unraveling a hoax I was hoaxed myself.
- It's just too cruel, they say - like hoaxing someone into believing they've won the lottery.
- No amount of fossil data will induce them to admit they are hoaxing their readers.
- James also investigated the case and found that Tina was hoaxing her adoptive parents and using the media attention to assist her quest to find her biological parents.
Synonyms
play a practical joke on, play a joke on, play a jest on, play a prank on, trick, fool
deceive, hoodwink, delude, dupe, take in, lead on, cheat, bluff, gull, humbug
informal con, kid, have on, pull a fast one on, put one over on, take for a ride, lead someone up the garden path, pull the wool over someone's eyes
informal, dated gammon
North American informal sucker, snooker, hornswoggle
Australian informal pull a swifty on
vulgar slang bullshit
archaic cozen

Origin

Late 18th century (as a verb): probably a contraction of hocus.

hanky-panky from mid 19th century:
People have been talking in disapproving terms of hanky-panky since the 1830s. Then it tended to mean ‘trickery’ or ‘dishonest behaviour’, whereas since the 1930s it has mainly referred to sexual indiscretions. The word is possibly an alteration of hocus-pocus, which was said by conjurors as they performed their tricks, rather like ‘abracadabra!’. This appeared in the early 17th century based on a pseudo-Latin phrase hax pax max Deus adimax used by conjurors as a magic formula. Hoax (late 18th century) may be a shortening of hocus-pocus.

Rhymes

Boaks, coax, Oaks, stokes

Definition of hoax in US English:

hoax

nounhōkshoʊks

A humorous or malicious deception.
戏弄，恶作剧
they recognized the plan as a hoax
他们意识到该计划是一出恶作剧。
as modifier he was accused of making hoax calls
他被指控打恶作剧电话。
Example sentencesExamples
- To be more precise, it began with a hoax newspaper story in Chicago.
- Many companies are plagued by urban legends, scams, and hoaxes delivered by e-mail.
- The police say they are following a definite line of inquiry into the hoax call and hope to bring the culprit to justice shortly.
- But no accident was discovered and police are treating the incident as a malicious hoax call.
- A funeral urn full of ashes left in a Salford cab may have been part of an elaborate hoax by Irish pranksters.
- Of course, with the aid of mirrors, it was all an elaborate hoax with a master hidden inside making the moves.
- Hinton, himself, was one who enjoyed playing hoaxes and jokes on others.
- A hoax bomb, consisting of a plastic bag with wires and batteries taped to it, was found inside the concert hall on the same day.
- Whether malicious or good willed, what all hoaxes seem to have in common is an element of gaining power over somebody.
- Agent Bald, let's talk about the phone calls that the suspects say they made that were treated as hoaxes or jokes and nobody paid attention.
- I wonder how many hoaxes and scams are happening in that part of the world as we speak?
- It leads with a report that two ambulance crew have been suspended after claims they made a hoax emergency call to colleagues.
- They organised elaborate hoaxes like the bestowing of imaginary honours, which he appears to have accepted with due solemnity.
- Apart from the links, there is sound advice on using the net for genealogy, including tips about how to spot scams and hoaxes.
- These hoax messages promise free products if the message is forwarded to a certain number of people.
- He spoke on pranks, frauds, and hoaxes from around the world.
- It's not beyond people to conduct elaborate online hoaxes for any number of reasons that all really boil down to a means of getting attention.
- There were histories of strange animals, most of which had since been identified and in a few cases turned out to be outright hoaxes or jokes.
- As I speculated before, it could be that he is the victim of an elaborate hoax.
- A suspicious device discovered outside the home of a prison officer turned out to be an elaborate hoax.
Synonyms
practical joke, joke, jest, prank, trick, jape

verbhōkshoʊks

[with object]

Deceive with a hoax.
戏弄，愚弄
Example sentencesExamples
- It took a few hours, and the worldwide dissemination of the story, before the they realized it had been hoaxed.
- As a rule I don't do anything about pleas such as this because I have been hoaxed in the past, but in this case I made an exception and forwarded the email to my address book list.
- No amount of fossil data will induce them to admit they are hoaxing their readers.
- Then he turned to hoaxing the gullible, those who wanted to believe in ‘miracle cures’.
- His motive for hoaxing the world was clearly not financial, for he turned down opportunities of making a vast fortune from his story.
- It's just too cruel, they say - like hoaxing someone into believing they've won the lottery.
- The newspaper later confirmed that it had been hoaxed and printed a front-page apology, with a pledge to donate money to charity.
- I know that Ern Malley was not a real person, but a personality invented in order to hoax me.
- In fact, in 1999 he published a revised edition of the book which argued that not only was her work unreliable due to bad research, but that the poor woman had actually been hoaxed by a number of the islanders she spent time with.
- When I ask if he has ever run into any of the celebrities he has hoaxed, his initial response is to deconstruct the question.
- When it came to hoaxing the general public, Barnum was very clever in the way he positioned himself.
- A few years ago, of course, Frances, one of the girls, admitted that they had hoaxed everybody.
- I now have reason to believe that in unraveling a hoax I was hoaxed myself.
- James also investigated the case and found that Tina was hoaxing her adoptive parents and using the media attention to assist her quest to find her biological parents.
Synonyms
play a practical joke on, play a joke on, play a jest on, play a prank on, trick, fool

Origin

Late 18th century (as a verb): probably a contraction of hocus.

词汇	hoax
释义	Definition of hoax in English: hoax noun həʊkshoʊks A humorous or malicious deception. 戏弄，恶作剧 the evidence had been planted as part of an elaborate hoax as modifier a hoax 999 call Example sentencesExamples It leads with a report that two ambulance crew have been suspended after claims they made a hoax emergency call to colleagues. Of course, with the aid of mirrors, it was all an elaborate hoax with a master hidden inside making the moves. But no accident was discovered and police are treating the incident as a malicious hoax call. The police say they are following a definite line of inquiry into the hoax call and hope to bring the culprit to justice shortly. Many companies are plagued by urban legends, scams, and hoaxes delivered by e-mail. As I speculated before, it could be that he is the victim of an elaborate hoax. Agent Bald, let's talk about the phone calls that the suspects say they made that were treated as hoaxes or jokes and nobody paid attention. A suspicious device discovered outside the home of a prison officer turned out to be an elaborate hoax. To be more precise, it began with a hoax newspaper story in Chicago. Whether malicious or good willed, what all hoaxes seem to have in common is an element of gaining power over somebody. There were histories of strange animals, most of which had since been identified and in a few cases turned out to be outright hoaxes or jokes. He spoke on pranks, frauds, and hoaxes from around the world. Apart from the links, there is sound advice on using the net for genealogy, including tips about how to spot scams and hoaxes. These hoax messages promise free products if the message is forwarded to a certain number of people. A funeral urn full of ashes left in a Salford cab may have been part of an elaborate hoax by Irish pranksters. I wonder how many hoaxes and scams are happening in that part of the world as we speak? It's not beyond people to conduct elaborate online hoaxes for any number of reasons that all really boil down to a means of getting attention. A hoax bomb, consisting of a plastic bag with wires and batteries taped to it, was found inside the concert hall on the same day. They organised elaborate hoaxes like the bestowing of imaginary honours, which he appears to have accepted with due solemnity. Hinton, himself, was one who enjoyed playing hoaxes and jokes on others. Synonyms practical joke, joke, jest, prank, trick, jape ruse, deception, fraud, imposture, cheat, swindle, bluff, humbug, confidence trick informal con, spoof, scam, fast one, put-on verb həʊkshoʊks [with object] Trick or deceive (someone). Example sentencesExamples I know that Ern Malley was not a real person, but a personality invented in order to hoax me. It took a few hours, and the worldwide dissemination of the story, before the they realized it had been hoaxed. The newspaper later confirmed that it had been hoaxed and printed a front-page apology, with a pledge to donate money to charity. His motive for hoaxing the world was clearly not financial, for he turned down opportunities of making a vast fortune from his story. A few years ago, of course, Frances, one of the girls, admitted that they had hoaxed everybody. When I ask if he has ever run into any of the celebrities he has hoaxed, his initial response is to deconstruct the question. In fact, in 1999 he published a revised edition of the book which argued that not only was her work unreliable due to bad research, but that the poor woman had actually been hoaxed by a number of the islanders she spent time with. As a rule I don't do anything about pleas such as this because I have been hoaxed in the past, but in this case I made an exception and forwarded the email to my address book list. Then he turned to hoaxing the gullible, those who wanted to believe in ‘miracle cures’. When it came to hoaxing the general public, Barnum was very clever in the way he positioned himself. I now have reason to believe that in unraveling a hoax I was hoaxed myself. It's just too cruel, they say - like hoaxing someone into believing they've won the lottery. No amount of fossil data will induce them to admit they are hoaxing their readers. James also investigated the case and found that Tina was hoaxing her adoptive parents and using the media attention to assist her quest to find her biological parents. Synonyms play a practical joke on, play a joke on, play a jest on, play a prank on, trick, fool deceive, hoodwink, delude, dupe, take in, lead on, cheat, bluff, gull, humbug informal con, kid, have on, pull a fast one on, put one over on, take for a ride, lead someone up the garden path, pull the wool over someone's eyes informal, dated gammon North American informal sucker, snooker, hornswoggle Australian informal pull a swifty on vulgar slang bullshit archaic cozen Origin Late 18th century (as a verb): probably a contraction of hocus. hanky-panky from mid 19th century: People have been talking in disapproving terms of hanky-panky since the 1830s. Then it tended to mean ‘trickery’ or ‘dishonest behaviour’, whereas since the 1930s it has mainly referred to sexual indiscretions. The word is possibly an alteration of hocus-pocus, which was said by conjurors as they performed their tricks, rather like ‘abracadabra!’. This appeared in the early 17th century based on a pseudo-Latin phrase hax pax max Deus adimax used by conjurors as a magic formula. Hoax (late 18th century) may be a shortening of hocus-pocus. Rhymes Boaks, coax, Oaks, stokes Definition of hoax in US English: hoax nounhōkshoʊks A humorous or malicious deception. 戏弄，恶作剧 they recognized the plan as a hoax 他们意识到该计划是一出恶作剧。 as modifier he was accused of making hoax calls 他被指控打恶作剧电话。 Example sentencesExamples To be more precise, it began with a hoax newspaper story in Chicago. Many companies are plagued by urban legends, scams, and hoaxes delivered by e-mail. The police say they are following a definite line of inquiry into the hoax call and hope to bring the culprit to justice shortly. But no accident was discovered and police are treating the incident as a malicious hoax call. A funeral urn full of ashes left in a Salford cab may have been part of an elaborate hoax by Irish pranksters. Of course, with the aid of mirrors, it was all an elaborate hoax with a master hidden inside making the moves. Hinton, himself, was one who enjoyed playing hoaxes and jokes on others. A hoax bomb, consisting of a plastic bag with wires and batteries taped to it, was found inside the concert hall on the same day. Whether malicious or good willed, what all hoaxes seem to have in common is an element of gaining power over somebody. Agent Bald, let's talk about the phone calls that the suspects say they made that were treated as hoaxes or jokes and nobody paid attention. I wonder how many hoaxes and scams are happening in that part of the world as we speak? It leads with a report that two ambulance crew have been suspended after claims they made a hoax emergency call to colleagues. They organised elaborate hoaxes like the bestowing of imaginary honours, which he appears to have accepted with due solemnity. Apart from the links, there is sound advice on using the net for genealogy, including tips about how to spot scams and hoaxes. These hoax messages promise free products if the message is forwarded to a certain number of people. He spoke on pranks, frauds, and hoaxes from around the world. It's not beyond people to conduct elaborate online hoaxes for any number of reasons that all really boil down to a means of getting attention. There were histories of strange animals, most of which had since been identified and in a few cases turned out to be outright hoaxes or jokes. As I speculated before, it could be that he is the victim of an elaborate hoax. A suspicious device discovered outside the home of a prison officer turned out to be an elaborate hoax. Synonyms practical joke, joke, jest, prank, trick, jape verbhōkshoʊks [with object] Deceive with a hoax. 戏弄，愚弄 Example sentencesExamples It took a few hours, and the worldwide dissemination of the story, before the they realized it had been hoaxed. As a rule I don't do anything about pleas such as this because I have been hoaxed in the past, but in this case I made an exception and forwarded the email to my address book list. No amount of fossil data will induce them to admit they are hoaxing their readers. Then he turned to hoaxing the gullible, those who wanted to believe in ‘miracle cures’. His motive for hoaxing the world was clearly not financial, for he turned down opportunities of making a vast fortune from his story. It's just too cruel, they say - like hoaxing someone into believing they've won the lottery. The newspaper later confirmed that it had been hoaxed and printed a front-page apology, with a pledge to donate money to charity. I know that Ern Malley was not a real person, but a personality invented in order to hoax me. In fact, in 1999 he published a revised edition of the book which argued that not only was her work unreliable due to bad research, but that the poor woman had actually been hoaxed by a number of the islanders she spent time with. When I ask if he has ever run into any of the celebrities he has hoaxed, his initial response is to deconstruct the question. When it came to hoaxing the general public, Barnum was very clever in the way he positioned himself. A few years ago, of course, Frances, one of the girls, admitted that they had hoaxed everybody. I now have reason to believe that in unraveling a hoax I was hoaxed myself. James also investigated the case and found that Tina was hoaxing her adoptive parents and using the media attention to assist her quest to find her biological parents. Synonyms play a practical joke on, play a joke on, play a jest on, play a prank on, trick, fool Origin Late 18th century (as a verb): probably a contraction of hocus.
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