The meaning of HOAX is to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous. How to use hoax in a sentence.

A hoax (plural: hoaxes) is a widely publicised falsehood created to deceive its audience with false and often astonishing information, with the either malicious or humorous intent of causing shock and interest in as many people as possible.

HOAX definition: 1. a plan to deceive someone, such as telling the police there is a bomb somewhere when there is…. Learn more.

HOAX meaning: 1. a plan to deceive someone, such as telling the police there is a bomb somewhere when there is…. Learn more.

hoax, 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. Media hoaxes are among the most common type.

A hoax is a trick in which someone tells people a lie, for example that a picture is genuine when it is not.

The bomb threat is probably a hoax, but we should still evacuate the building. She was the victim of a cruel hoax. People were hoaxed by the Web site.

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2025年1月22日 · hoax (third-person singular simple present hoaxes, present participle hoaxing, simple past and past participle hoaxed) To deceive (someone) by making them believe something that has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated.

A hoax is a trick in which someone tells people a lie, for example that there is a bomb somewhere when there is not, or that a picture is genuine when it is not. He denied making the hoax call but was convicted after a short trial.