hoax

🇺🇸 /həʊks/ 🇬🇧 /həʊks/
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noun
R

A false event or story that is meant to trick people.

The news about the alien invasion was just a hoax.

宇宙人侵略のニュースはただのだまし討ちだった。

verb
R

To trick someone by making them believe something that is not true.

The students hoaxed the teacher by saying there was a snake in the classroom.

生徒たちは教室に蛇がいると言って先生をだましてしまった。

translation

n. 悪戯
v. 欺く

語形変化

3rd Present hoaxes
Past hoaxed
Perfect hoaxed
Progressive hoaxing
Plural hoaxes