Meaning

1 senses

  1. To deceive (someone) by making them believe something that has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated.

    anführen, hereinlegen, einen Bären aufbinden

    разы́грыватьrazýgryvatʹ, разыгра́тьrazygrátʹ, обманыватьobmanyvatʹ

More definitions
  • subject to a playful hoax or joke

Examples

41 sentences

  1. It's clearly a hoax.

    Зрозуміло, що це облуда!

    ruЯсно, что это обман!

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  2. I believe it's all a hoax.

    ruЯ считаю, что это всё обман.

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  3. I believe that it's all a hoax.

    deIch glaube, dass das alles ein Scherz ist.

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  4. Tom realized it was probably a hoax.

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  5. Tom realized that it was probably a hoax.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to deceive with a hoax:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to deceive with a hoax:

Origin

Reportedly a form of hocus. Possibly from hocus-pocus or Latin iocus (“joke”).

Reportedly a form of hocus. Possibly from hocus-pocus or Latin iocus (“joke”).

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Forms

hoaxes, hoaxing, hoaxed, hoaxed
Base formhoax · to hoax
3rd person singularhoaxes
Present participlehoaxing
Past simplehoaxed
Past participlehoaxed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhoax
he, she, ithoaxes

Past simpleLesson

all personshoaxed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave hoaxed
he, she, ithas hoaxed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hoax

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words
Relatedhoaxer
Derivedhoaxablehoaxeeunhoax

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hoardhoarderhoarsehobhobbithobble
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