Definitions for hoaxer

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

hoaxhoʊks(n.; v.)hoaxed, hoax•ing.

  1. (n.)something intended to deceive or defraud.

  2. (v.t.)to deceive by a hoax; hoodwink.

Origin of hoax:

1790–1800; perh. contr. of hocus

hoax′er(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. prankster, cut-up, trickster, tricker, hoaxer, practical joker(noun)

    someone who plays practical jokes on others

Wiktionary

  1. hoaxer(Noun)

    Someone who does hoaxes.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Hoaxer(noun)

    one who hoaxes


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