資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hoax \Hoax\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hoaxed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Hoaxing}.]
   To deceive by a story or a trick, for sport or mischief; to
   impose upon sportively. --Lamb.