Definition of 'hoax'. Word Frequency. hoax (hoÊks ) Word forms: plural hoaxes. countable noun. A hoax is a trick in which someone tells people a lie, for example that there is a bomb somewhere when there is not, or that a picture is genuine when it is not. A series of bomb hoaxes has disrupted Christmas shopping in the city centre.
Example of Adjectivesin Sentences. An adjective is a description of a condition or state of a subject. Adjectives are usually closely associated with the subject in modern English, but may be cumulative and/or separated by qualifiers in some cases:xample of Adjectivesin Sentences. An adjective is a description of a condition or state of a subject. Adjectives are usually closely associated with the subject in modern English, but may be cumulative and/or separated by qualifiers in some cases:
Adjective(noun) not standing by itself; dependent. Adjective(noun) relating to procedure. Adjective(noun) a word used with a noun, or substantive, to express a quality of the thing named, or something attributed to it, or to limit or define it, or to specify or describe a thing, as distinct from something else. Thus, in phrase, a wise ruler, wise is the adjective, expressing a property of ruler.