hoax

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• UK: /həʊks/
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• US: /hoʊks/
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• rhymes with -əʊks
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• homophone: hokes
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• CMU ARPABET: HH OW1 K S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Reportedly a form of hocus. Possibly from hocus-pocus or Latin iocus (“joke”). Compare hokey.

138 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: fırıldaq — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Bulgarian: измама (izmama) — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Bulgarian: номер (nomer) — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Bulgarian: шега (šega) — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Catalan: engany — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Chinese Mandarin: 騙局 /骗局 (piànjú) — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Chinese Mandarin: 惡作劇 /恶作剧 (èzuòjù) — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Czech: podvod — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Czech: mystifikace — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Czech: žert — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Czech: kachna — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Czech: habaďůra — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Czech: falešná zpráva — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Esperanto: blago — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Esperanto: mistifiko — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Finnish: huijaus — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• French: canular — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• French: mystification — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• French: intox — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Galician: conto — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Galician: trapallada — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Galician: andrómena — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Galician: algueiro — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Galician: alburgada — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Galician: enguedello — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Galician: grola — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Galician: pandullada — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Galician: padumada — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• German: Streich — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• German: Trick — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• German: Schabernack — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• German: Gag — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• German: Falschmeldung — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• German: Schwindel — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• German: Ulk — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• German: Ente — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Greek: φάρσα (fársa) — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Hungarian: átverés — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Hungarian: beugratás — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Hungarian: kacsa — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Hungarian: tréfa — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Indonesian: hoaks — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Irish: dallamullóg — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Italian: frode — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Italian: inganno — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Italian: bufala — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Japanese: ペテン (peten) — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Japanese: 悪戯 (itazura) — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Japanese: でっち上げ (detchiage) — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Lushootseed: səxwʔiw̓adəb — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Malay: olokan — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Malay: olok-olok — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Māori: māminga — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Māori: tinihanga — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Khiamniungan Naga: yânglòupīng — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Khiamniungan Naga: yāng-ō — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Norwegian: puss — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Norwegian: bedrag — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Polish: mistyfikacja — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Polish: szalbierstwo — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Portuguese: ludíbrio — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Portuguese: fraude — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Portuguese: embuste — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Portuguese: embustice — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Portuguese: logro — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Romanian: cioară vopsită — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Romanian: fumigenă — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Russian: ро́зыгрыш (rózygryš) — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Russian: трюк (trjuk) — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Russian: мистифика́ция (mistifikácija) — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Russian: обма́н (obmán) — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Sicilian: mbrogghiu — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Sicilian: mbrusatura — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Sicilian: pigghiata pû culu — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Spanish: engaño — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Spanish: embuste — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Spanish: bulo — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Spanish: filfa — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Spanish: borrego — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Spanish: paparrucha — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Spanish: paparruchada — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Spanish: trola — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Spanish: infundio — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Swedish: bluff — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Tagalog: talimangmang — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Welsh: cast — anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick
• Bulgarian: измамвам (izmamvam) — to deceive with a hoax
• Chinese Mandarin: 欺騙 /欺骗 (qīpiàn) — to deceive with a hoax
• Chinese Mandarin: 作弄 (zuònòng) — to deceive with a hoax
• Chinese Mandarin: 戲弄 /戏弄 (xìnòng) — to deceive with a hoax
• Czech: podvést — to deceive with a hoax
• Czech: napálit — to deceive with a hoax
• Faroese: halda fyri gjøldur — to deceive with a hoax
• Faroese: lumpa — to deceive with a hoax
• Faroese: villa — to deceive with a hoax
• Finnish: huijata — to deceive with a hoax
• French: duper — to deceive with a hoax
• French: berner — to deceive with a hoax
• Galician: trafulcar — to deceive with a hoax
• Galician: trapazar — to deceive with a hoax
• Galician: fraudar — to deceive with a hoax
• Galician: engaitar — to deceive with a hoax
• Galician: embougar — to deceive with a hoax
• Galician: embair — to deceive with a hoax
• Galician: deludir — to deceive with a hoax
• Galician: baratar — to deceive with a hoax
• Galician: decebir — to deceive with a hoax
• Galician: falir — to deceive with a hoax
• German: anführen — to deceive with a hoax
• German: hereinlegen — to deceive with a hoax
• German: einen Bären aufbinden — to deceive with a hoax
• German: foppen — to deceive with a hoax
• Hebrew: מתח (matákh) — to deceive with a hoax
• Hungarian: álhíresztel — to deceive with a hoax
• Ido: dup-igo — to deceive with a hoax
• Italian: frodare — to deceive with a hoax
• Japanese: ペテンに掛ける (peten-ni kakeru) — to deceive with a hoax
• Korean: 속임수를 쓰다 (sogimsu-reul sseuda) — to deceive with a hoax
• Korean: 사기치다 (sagichida) — to deceive with a hoax
• Lithuanian: melagiena — to deceive with a hoax
• Lushootseed: səxwʔiw̓adəb — to deceive with a hoax
• Māori: māminga — to deceive with a hoax
• Māori: tinihanga — to deceive with a hoax
• Khiamniungan Naga: yânglòupīng — to deceive with a hoax
• Polish: przekręcać — to deceive with a hoax
• Polish: przekręcić — to deceive with a hoax
• Polish: oszukiwać — to deceive with a hoax
• Polish: oszukać — to deceive with a hoax
• Portuguese: fraudar — to deceive with a hoax
• Romanian: păcăli — to deceive with a hoax
• Russian: разы́грывать (razýgryvatʹ) — to deceive with a hoax
• Russian: разыгра́ть (razygrátʹ) — to deceive with a hoax
• Russian: обманывать (obmanyvatʹ) — to deceive with a hoax
• Russian: вводить в заблуждение (vvoditʹ v zabluždenije) — to deceive with a hoax
• Swedish: lura — to deceive with a hoax
• Swedish: bedra — to deceive with a hoax
• Vietnamese: lừa đảo — to deceive with a hoax
• Vietnamese: chơi khăm — to deceive with a hoax