hoax : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hoax	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for hoax
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hoax n something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage Synonym(s): fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-on v subject to a playful hoax or joke [syn: hoax, {pull someone's leg}, play a joke on]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hoax \Hoax\, n. [Prob. contr. fr. hocus, in hocus-pocus.] A deception for mockery or mischief; a deceptive trick or story; a practical joke. --Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hoax \Hoax\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hoaxed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hoaxing}.] To deceive by a story or a trick, for sport or mischief; to impose upon sportively. --Lamb.