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- Dictionaryhoax·er/ˈhōksər/
noun
- 1. a person who tricks or deceives someone by means of a hoax: "improving the tracing of calls has deterred many hoaxers"
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1. : an act intended to trick or dupe : imposture. the victim of a cruel hoax. assumed the bomb threat was just a hoax. 2. : something accepted or established by fraud or fabrication. believes the Loch Ness Monster is a hoax. a literary hoax.
a person who carries out a trick or plan to deceive people, such as telling the police there is a bomb somewhere when there is not: If a hoaxer sends a pizza to the wrong address, little damage is done. A bomb hoaxer brought chaos to the city with a false threat. See. hoax. Fewer examples.
A hoaxer is someone who carries out a hoax. [mainly British].... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
Definition of hoaxer noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
a person who carries out a trick or plan to deceive people, such as telling the police there is a bomb somewhere when there is not: If a hoaxer sends a pizza to the wrong address, little damage is done. A bomb hoaxer brought chaos to the city with a false threat. See. hoax. More examples.
something intended to deceive or defraud: The Piltdown man was a scientific hoax. Synonyms: humbug, imposture, fake, fraud, deception. verb (used with object) to deceive by a hoax; hoodwink. Discover More. Other Words From. hoax er noun. un·hoaxed adjective. Discover More. Word History and Origins. Origin of hoax 1.
A hoaxer is someone who carries out a hoax. [mainly British] [...] More. Pronunciations of the word 'hoaxer' British English: hoʊksəʳ. More. Synonyms of 'hoaxer' • trickster, joker, prankster, spoofer (informal) [...] More. Examples of 'hoaxer' in a sentence.
1. An act intended to deceive or trick. 2. Something that has been established or accepted by fraudulent means. tr.v. hoaxed, hoax·ing, hoax·es. To deceive or cheat by using a hoax. [Perhaps alteration of hocus .] hoax′er n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
A hoax is often intended as a practical joke or to cause embarrassment, or to provoke social or political change by raising people's awareness of something. It can also emerge from a marketing or advertising purpose.
a plan to deceive someone, such as telling the police there is a bomb somewhere when there is not one, or a trick: The bomb threat turned out to be a hoax. hoax call He'd made a hoax call claiming to be the president. Compare. put-on US informal. fraud. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Cheating & tricking. anti-fraud. bad faith.
