Vocabulary
Hoax
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a humorous or malicious deception.
Urdu meaning
دھوکہ، فریب، جھانسا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- DESPITE dismissing climate change as a hoax, the incoming Trump administration`s strategic interest in the Panama Canal, Greenland, and Canada suggests an implicit recognition of climate change`s geopolitical implications.
- At times, the hoax news stories emanating from Veles even trumped those from credible journalism outlets.
- Hoax stories from Veles were created to garner traffic by triggering emotions and generate click-based-revenue.
- One can only imagine the profits that social media companies had made from the traffic generated by these hoax stories.
Synonyms
practical joke, joke, jest, prank, trick, jape, ruse, deception, fraud, imposture
Curator example
“the evidence had been planted as part of an elaborate hoax”
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