hoax
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4.1
- noun
- /hoʊks/
:
engaño
- The thought that the article could have been a hoax had never occurred to her.
- perpetrate a hoax
- reveal the hoax
- create a hoax
We already knew that the bomb threats were a hoax when she read that.
- We already knew that the bomb threats were a hoax when she read that.
- These were hoaxes by people trying to just mess with us.
- Does Vance agree with Trump that climate change is a hoax?
- So the electric car, one of the great hoaxes.
- Are you sure this is not just a bomb hoax?
- So many people knew that that was a hoax.
- Marxist historians would say that it's all a capitalist hoax, a way to justify a winner take all world.
- With a conspiracy theorist radio host who claims the Newtown school shootings were a hoax.
- Trump's Russia hoax turns out to be real.
- It's as much of A hoax as the art world is.
- No, I have always said that the Russian hoax theory is a hoax.
Examples
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At first I thought it was a hoax.
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The prank was a clever hoax that fooled everyone in the town.
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No, I have always said that the Russian hoax theory is a hoax.
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This threat is probably a hoax.
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"What if this is just some kind of hoax?" Jerry said at one point.
Fiction book (2001) -
The essence of a successful hoax was that it presented scientists with what they expected to see.
Fiction book (1990) -
If you think it's a hoax, you're off base.
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The wicked hoax of the coronavirus.
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No story about Nessie would be complete without the hoaxes, and there are many.
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After three years of lies and smears and slander, the Russia hoax is finally dead.
Synonyms
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7.4
A false show that hides what is really happening
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6.1
A false claim or action to hide the truth
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7.7
A clever trick to deceive someone
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6.8
Information people spread on purpose to deceive others
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6.5
A false story made to trick people
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9.3
A trick used to cheat people, often to get their money
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9.9
A false story that people tell to make others believe something untrue
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9.1
False talk or behavior meant to trick people
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8.1
Words or actions that trick people by seeming magical
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4.3
A trick that makes something look like real magic
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6.8
A thing or action made to trick people into thinking it is real
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3.9
False or misleading news stories that try to trick people
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7.5
A false act or story that tries to trick people, often to make them laugh
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8.9
News that is false or misleading and meant to change people's opinions
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9.9
A trick done to cheat or fool people
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9.6
Talk that tries to trick people with false statements
Tricks that fool people to gain an advantage
Antonyms
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Etymology
Hoax likely comes from the old trick word hocus, as in hocus-pocus, a magician's phrase used to fool people, so a hoax is like a fake magic trick or a 'trick' that makes people believe something that is not true.