HOAX

Meaning of HOAX in English

Pronunciation: ' h ō ks

Function: transitive verb

Etymology: probably contraction of hocus

Date: circa 1796

: to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous

– hoax · er noun

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

HOAX — v. mistificar, decepter, dupar
English interlingue dictionary
HOAX — bakak;bitik;lansis
English-Visayan vocabulary
HOAX — I. transitive verb Etymology: probably contraction of hocus Date: circa 1796 to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HOAX — I. ˈhōks transitive verb ( -ed/-ing/-es ) Etymology: probably by contraction of hocus : to trick into believing or accepting …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOAX — (v. t.) To deceive by a story or a trick, for sport or mischief; to impose upon sportively.
Английский словарь Webster
HOAX — (n.) A deception for mockery or mischief; a deceptive trick or story; a practical joke.
Английский словарь Webster
HOAX — ( v. t. ) To deceive by a story or a trick, for sport or mischief; to impose upon sportively.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HOAX — ( n. ) A deception for mockery or mischief; a deceptive trick or story; a practical joke.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HOAX — — hoaxer , n. /hohks/ , n. 1. something intended to deceive or defraud: The Piltdown man was a scientific …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOAX — noun a deception for mockery or mischief; a deceptive trick or story; a practical joke. 2. hoax ·vt to deceive …
Webster English vocab
HOAX — [hoax] vt [prob. contr. of hocus] (ca. 1796): to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HOAX — hoax BrE AmE həʊks AmE hoʊks ▷ hoaxed həʊkst AmE hoʊkst ▷ hoaxer/s ˈhəʊks ə/z AmE ˈhoʊks ə r/z ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HOAX — / həʊks; NAmE hoʊks/ noun , verb ■ noun an act intended to make sb believe sth that is not …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOAX — hoax /həʊks $ hoʊks/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1700-1800 ; Origin: Probably from hocus ; ⇨ ↑ hocus-pocus …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HOAX — n. & v. --n. a humorous or malicious deception; a practical joke. --v.tr. deceive (a person) with a hoax. øøhoaxer …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HOAX — n. & v. n. a humorous or malicious deception; a practical joke. v.tr. deceive (a person) with a hoax. hoaxer …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HOAX — n. & v. --n. a humorous or malicious deception; a practical joke. --v.tr. deceive (a person) with a hoax. Derivatives: …
Oxford English vocab
HOAX — ( hoaxes) A hoax is a trick in which someone tells people a lie, for example that there is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOAX — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a hoax call (= one intended to trick someone ) ▪ They received a hoax …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HOAX — [noun] [C] - a plan to deceive someone, such as telling the police there is a bomb somewhere when there …
Cambridge English vocab
HOAX — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ elaborate ▪ It turned out to be an elaborate ~. ▪ cruel ▪ He described the deception …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
HOAX — n. 25B6; noun the call was a hoax : PRACTICAL JOKE, joke, jest, prank, trick; ruse, deception, fraud, bluff, humbug, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HOAX — n. 1 deception, fraud, swindle, trick, flam or flimflam, imposture, cheat, humbug, Slang con (game), gyp, scam, game, US snow …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
HOAX — There are many hoaxes continually popping up on the nets.False viruses are the most common of these with names like …
Internet Terms and Acronyms English vocab
HOAX — 1. сущ. обман; ложь, мистификация, неправда to perpetrate a hoax ≈ обманывать to play a hoax on smb. ≈ разыграть, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HOAX — hoax.ogg 1. həʋks n 1> мистификация, розыгрыш; трюк to play a hoax on smb. - разыграть /провести, одурачить/ кого-л. 2> …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HOAX — hoax сущ.обман; ложь, мистификация, неправда to perpetrate a hoax — обманывать to play a hoax on smb. — разыграть, обмануть …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
HOAX — 1. həʋks n 1) мистификация, розыгрыш; трюк to play a hoax on smb. - разыграть /провести, одурачить/ кого-л. 2> обман, …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HOAX — 1. сущ. обман; ложь, мистификация, неправда to perpetrate a hoax — обманывать to play a hoax on smb. — разыграть, …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
HOAX — 1. сущ. обман; ложь, мистификация, неправда to perpetrate a hoax — обманывать to play a hoax on smb. — разыграть, обмануть кого-л. a literary …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
HOAX — 1. сущ. обман; ложь, мистификация, неправда to perpetrate a hoax ≈ обманывать to play a hoax on smb. ≈ разыграть, …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
HOAX — v. trick, deceive, dupe
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HOAX — n. mischievous deception, act intended to deceive or trick
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HOAX — I. ˈhōks transitive verb Etymology: probably contraction of hocus Date: circa 1796 : to trick into believing or accepting as …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOAX — n. Function: noun Date: 1808 1 : an act intended to trick or dupe : IMPOSTURE 2 : something accepted …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
HOAX — ■ noun a humorous or malicious deception. ■ verb deceive with a ~. Derivatives ~er noun Origin C18: prob. a …
Concise Oxford English vocab
HOAX — (~es) A ~ is a trick in which someone tells people a lie, for example that there is a bomb …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
HOAX — Synonyms and related words : bamboozle, befool, beguile, betray, bluff, cajole, cheat, cheat on, chicane, circumvent, clinquant, con, con game, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HOAX — n. Function: noun Synonyms: IMPOSTURE , fake, flimflam, fraud, gyp, humbug, phony, put-on, sell, spoof
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
HOAX — n. Function: verb Synonyms: DUPE , bamboozle, befool, chicane, flimflam, fool, gull, hoodwink, hornswoggle, trick
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
HOAX — I . n. Deception ( for sport ), cheat, fraud, imposition, imposture, canard, practical joke. II . v. a. Deceive …
Dictionary of English Synonyms
HOAX — I. verb Synonyms: dupe , bamboozle, befool, chicane, flimflam, fool, gull, hoodwink, hornswoggle, trick II. noun Synonyms: imposture , fake, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
HOAX — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
HOAX — See ↑ TRICK/DECEIVE 3
Longman Activator English vocab
HOAX — n. 1) to perpetrate a ~ 2) to play a ~ on smb. 3) a literary ~
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
HOAX — Мистификация
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
HOAX — (n) обман
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
HOAX — 1. [həʋks] n 1) мистификация, розыгрыш; трюк to play a ~ on smb. - разыграть /провести, одурачить/ кого-л. 2) обман, …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
HOAX — v. мистифицировать, разыгрывать, подшутить
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
HOAX — n. мистификация, розыгрыш, обман
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
HOAX — v. мистифицировать, разыгрывать, подшутить
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
HOAX — n. мистификация, розыгрыш, обман
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
HOAX — 1. _n. обман; мистификация 2. _v. подшутить; мистифицировать
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
HOAX — 1. n. обман; мистификация 2. v. подшутить; мистифицировать
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
HOAX — обман; мистификация подшутить; мистифицировать
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
HOAX — This is usually an email message that warns of a non-existant virus. This can do harm by spreading fear.
Russian-English Edic
HOAX — 1. _n. обман; мистификация 2. _v. подшутить; мистифицировать
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
HOAX — Мистифицировать
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
HOAX — Мистификация
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
HOAX — Дурачить
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
HOAX — №_1.: [n.] обман, хитрость, трюк №_2.: [v.] обмануть, провести, подшутить
Morteza English-Russian Dictionary
HOAX — 1. n обман, хитрость, трюк; 2. v обмануть, провести, подшутить
Англо-Русский словарь - Королев
HOAX — розыгрыш
English-Russian Online Dictionary
HOAX — розыгрыш, обман, мистификация, подшутить
English-Russian vocab

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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