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.
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