Antonyms for hoax
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : hohks |
| Phonetic Transcription : hoÊŠks |
Definition of hoax
Origin :- 1796 (v.), 1808 (n.), probably an alteration of hocus "conjurer, juggler" (1630s), or directly from hocus-pocus. Related: Hoaxed; hoaxing.
- verb trick
- What an odd thing it would be, aunt, if this should be all a hoax!'
- Extract from : « The Pirate and The Three Cutters » by Frederick Marryat
- Then it is no hoax after all; and I've been sitting down to dinner with a smuggler!'
- Extract from : « The Pirate and The Three Cutters » by Frederick Marryat
- I found it in vain to question him, and I suspect it is a hoax.
- Extract from : « Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 » by Various
- "It does not sound like a hoax," commented Admiral Timworth, at last.
- Extract from : « Dave Darrin on Mediterranean Service » by H. Irving Hancock
- Almost immediately it was announced that the news of the victory had been a hoax.
- Extract from : « Dross » by Henry Seton Merriman
- The Cardiff Giant, which Horace said "you might depend upon was a hoax."
- Extract from : « Prudy Keeping House » by Sophie May
- "And if it's a hoax, you'd better——" and he puckered his brows in thought.
- Extract from : « Lords of the North » by A. C. Laut
- It was a hoax which should have far-reaching results, on a gigantic scale.
- Extract from : « Watch the Sky » by James H. Schmitz
- Mr. Tilton was the first to announce a belief that the book was a hoax.
- Extract from : « The Humbugs of the World » by P. T. Barnum
- It was said that Mr. Sumner, on reading it, immediately pronounced it a hoax.
- Extract from : « The Humbugs of the World » by P. T. Barnum
Synonyms for hoax
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