hoax
/hōks/
noun
a humorous or malicious deception.
"they recognized the plan as a hoax"
synonyms: practical joke, joke, jest, prank, trick, jape, ruse, deception, fraud, imposture, cheat, swindle, bluff, humbug, confidence trick, con, spoof, scam, fast one, put-on
verb
deceive with a hoax.
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, con, kid, have on, pull a fast one on, put one over on, take for a ride, gammon, sucker, snooker, hornswoggle, pull a swifty on, cozen, bullshit
Verb a skilled forger who hoaxed the art world into believing that the paintings were long-lost Vermeers Noun The bomb threat is probably a hoax, ...
A hoax is a widely publicised falsehood so fashioned as to invite reflexive, unthinking acceptance by the greatest number of people of the most varied ...
HOAX meaning: 1. a plan to deceive someone, such as telling the police there is a bomb somewhere when there is…. Learn more.
Hoax definition: something intended to deceive or defraud. See examples of HOAX used in a sentence.
HOAX meaning: an act that is meant to trick or deceive people.
If you put on big fake feet, stomp through your muddy backyard and tell everyone you saw Bigfoot fixing a steak on your grill, you are playing a hoax on ...
2 senses: 1. a deception, esp a practical joke 2. to deceive or play a joke on (someone).... Click for more definitions.
a falsehood generally intended to fool and to entertain. A hoax is often a parody of some occurrence or a play upon topics that are newsworthy.
Synonyms for HOAX: counterfeit, fake, sham, phoney, forgery, phony, copy, reproduction; Antonyms of HOAX: original, undeceive, reveal, debunk, expose, ...