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HOAXER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hoaxer mean?
• HOAXER (noun)
The noun HOAXER has 1 sense:
1. someone who plays practical jokes on others
Familiarity information: HOAXER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who plays practical jokes on others
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
cut-up; hoaxer; practical joker; prankster; tricker; trickster
Hypernyms ("hoaxer" is a kind of...):
bad hat; mischief-maker; trouble maker; troublemaker; troubler (someone who deliberately stirs up trouble)
Derivation:
hoax (subject to a playful hoax or joke)
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