HOAX

n. v.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A deception for mockery or mischief; a deceptive trick or story; a practical joke. Macaulay.

2.
v.

To deceive by a story or a trick, for sport or mischief; to impose upon sportively. Lamb.


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