Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English homepage

Date: 1700-1800
Origin: Probably from hocus; HOCUS-POCUS

hoax

 noun
     
hoax [countable]
1 a false warning about something dangerous:
hoax calls (=telephone calls giving false information) to the police
2 an attempt to make people believe something that is not true:
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

Dictionary pictures of the day
Do you know what each of these is called?
What is the word for picture 1? What is the word for picture 2? What is the word for picture 3? What is the word for picture 4?
Click on any of the pictures above to find out what it is called.

Explore our topic dictionary

Browse the dictionary