Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hoax"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hoax \Hoax\, n. [Prob. contr. fr. hocus, in hocus-pocus.]
A deception for mockery or mischief; a deceptive trick or
story; a practical joke. --Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hoax \Hoax\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hoaxed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Hoaxing}.]
To deceive by a story or a trick, for sport or mischief; to
impose upon sportively. --Lamb.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hoax
n : something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended
to gain an advantage [syn: {fraud}, {fraudulence}, {dupery},
{humbug}, {put-on}]
v : subject to a palyful hoax or joke [syn: {pull someone's leg},
{play a joke on}]
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