noun, verb
noun an act intended to make sb believe sth that is not true, especially sth unpleasant:
a bomb hoax * hoax calls * The emergency call turned out to be a hoax.
verb [VN] to trick sb by making them believe sth that is not true, especially sth unpleasant
hoaxer noun:
Bomb hoaxers brought chaos to the city yesterday.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for hoax is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does hoax appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — hoax appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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