to play a hoax on sb
1hoax — n. 1) to perpetrate a hoax 2) to play a hoax on smb. 3) a literary hoax * * * [həʊks] a literary hoax to perpetrate a hoax to play a hoax on smb …
2hoax´er — hoax «hohks», noun, verb. –n. a mischievous trick, especially a made up story passed off as true: »The report of an attack on the earth from Mars was a hoax. SYNONYM(S): imposture. –v.t. to play a mischievous trick on; deceive in fun or to injure …
3hoax — [n] trick cheat, cock and bull story*, con*, con game*, crock*, deceit, deception, dodge, fabrication, fake, falsification, fast one*, fast shuffle*, fib, flimflam*, fraud, gimmick, gyp*, hooey*, humbug*, hustle, imposture, joke, lie, practical… …
4play a joke on — verb 1. deceive somebody We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week • Syn: ↑flim flam, ↑play tricks, ↑trick, ↑fob, ↑fox, ↑pull a fast one on, ↑play a trick on …
5play off — verb set into opposition or rivalry let them match their best athletes against ours pit a chess player against the Russian champion He plays his two children off against each other • Syn: ↑pit, ↑oppose, ↑match • Derivationally related for …
6hoax — Synonyms and related words: bamboozle, befool, beguile, betray, bluff, cajole, cheat, cheat on, chicane, circumvent, clinquant, con, con game, conjure, counterfeit, cozen, deceive, deception, defraud, delude, diddle, double cross, dummy, dupe,… …
7Dreadnought hoax — The Dreadnought Hoaxers in Abyssinian regalia; Virginia Woolf is the bearded figure on the far left The Dreadnought Hoax was a practical joke pulled by Horace de Vere Cole in 1910. Cole tricked the Royal Navy into showing their flagship, the… …
8Diamond hoax of 1872 — The diamond hoax of 1872 was a swindle in which a pair of prospectors sold a false American diamond deposit to prominent businessmen in San Francisco and New York. It also triggered a brief diamond prospecting craze in the western USA, in Arizona …
9Great Oil Sniffer Hoax — In 1979 Elf Aquitaine, the large French oil company, supported development of a new gravity wave based oil detection system. After spending millions it was revealed to be a scam. Elf lost over $150 million in what is now known as The Great Oil… …
10Kitty Play Records — Kitty Play is a New Jersey based record label formed in late 2003. It is owned and operated by Mark Blumenthal. The label s acts covers a wide variety of genres from straight forward rock music to abrasive noise. Currently the label is operating… …
