hoax Pronunciation: /həʊks/Translate hoax | into French | into Italian | into Spanish German translation of hoaxA. v.t. anführen (ugs.); foppenB. n. (deception) Schwindel; (practical joke) Streich; (false alarm) blinder Alarmhoax in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of hoax in the British & World English dictionary Definition of hoax in the US English dictionary