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Noun: hoaxer  howks-u(r)
  1. Someone who plays practical jokes on others
    "The office hoaxer replaced all the pens with crayons";
    - prankster, cut-up [N. Amer, informal], trickster, tricker, practical joker

Derived forms: hoaxers

Type of: bad hat [informal], mischief-maker, trouble maker, troublemaker, troubler

Encyclopedia: Hoaxer