hoax
verb/həʊks/
/həʊks/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they hoax | /həʊks/ /həʊks/ |
| he / she / it hoaxes | /ˈhəʊksɪz/ /ˈhəʊksɪz/ |
| past simple hoaxed | /həʊkst/ /həʊkst/ |
| past participle hoaxed | /həʊkst/ /həʊkst/ |
| -ing form hoaxing | /ˈhəʊksɪŋ/ /ˈhəʊksɪŋ/ |
- hoax somebody to trick somebody by making them believe something that is not true, especially something unpleasant
- He hoaxed us by sending a friend instead of coming himself. We’d never met him so we had no reason to think it wasn’t him.
Word Originlate 18th cent. (as a verb): probably a contraction of hocus.
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