Noun: hoax howks
- Deception by trickery
"The alien invasion broadcast was revealed to be an elaborate hoax";
- fraud, fraudulence, dupery, put-on [N. Amer, informal]
- Subject to a playful hoax or joke
"The pranksters hoaxed their friends with a fake lottery win announcement";
- pull someone's leg [informal], play a joke on, prank
Derived forms: hoaxing, hoaxed, hoaxes
Type of: chicane, chicanery, cozen [literary], deceive, delude, guile, lead on, shenanigan, trickery, wile
Encyclopedia: Hoax