Synonyms:
fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-on
Meaning: something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
hoax, pull_someone's_leg, play_a_joke_on
Meaning: subject to a playful hoax or joke
Usage examples
I believed it to be nothing more nor less than a heartless and stupid "hoax."
"Some of the fellows have been sending Ketch an invitation to sup at Jenkins's off tripe and onions, and when he arrived there he found it was a hoax, and Mrs. Jenkins turned him out again.
Newspaper correspondents wrote broadcast and witnesses were quoted, and this time there is no mention of a hoax, and, except by one scientist, there is no denial that the fall did take place.