Reverse Dictionary: HOAX

ADJECTIVES
► HAD tricked, hoaxed, deceived → L18 sl.
► ON A LINE hoaxed, bamboozled → 1897 sl.
► ON A STRING hoaxed, bamboozled → 1897 sl.
► SNOOKERED cheated, hoaxed, trapped in a difficult position → 1910s sl.
► STOOGE hoaxing, deceitful → 1990s Aust. sl.

NOUNS
► BAM a story intended to impose upon the credulous; a hoax or imposition; a trick, a joke → 1762 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► BAMBOSH deceptive humbug; a hoax, hoaxing; deception → 1865 sl.
► BLAFLUM  ► BLAWFLUM ► BLEPHUM nonsense, idle talk, deception, a hoax → 1788 Sc.
► BUG a trick or hoax → 1848 Amer. dial.
► CANARD an extravagant, or absurd story circulated to impose on people’s credulity; a rumour, hoax, a false report → 1864 
► COD a joke, a hoax, a parody → 20C sl., orig. Irish
► CODDING teasing, chaffing, hoaxing → M19 sl.
► DERISION a practical joke; a hoax → 1822 Sc.
► FILL an exaggerated or fictitious account; a hoax → 1893 Amer. sl.
► FLANKER a trick or swindle, a hoax → 1923 Brit. sl., orig. services’ usage
► FLIVVER a hoax → 1914 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► FRUMP a mocking speech or action; a flout, a jeer → 1553 obs.
► GAG cheating, fraud, deception, a hoax → 1805 sl.
► GAGGERY a deception, hoax; the act of deceiving or hoaxing → 1819 Sc.
► GAGGING a deception, hoax; the act of deceiving or hoaxing → 1819 Sc.
► GEGG a trick, a hoax, a practical joke → 1855 Sc.
► GUY a trick or hoax; a prank, a jest, a joke → 1854 Amer. sl.
► GYP an act or method of swindling; a swindle or fraud; an act of deception; a hoax → 1914 Amer. sl.
► HUMBUG a hoax; a jesting or befooling trick; an imposition → 1750 obs.
► HUSTLE a swindle; a hoax; a get-rich-quick scheme → 1943 sl., orig. US criminals’ usage
► JACK-OFF a hoax, a confidence trick → 1930s US sl.
► JACK-UP a fraudulent or dishonest practice or arrangement; a trick, a hoax, a swindle → 1945 NZ sl.
► JOLLY a deception or hoax → L19 US
► JOSH a usually good-natured hoax; hence, a jest, a piece of badinage → 1878 Amer. now colloq.
► LARRIE jesting, joking, a practical joke, a hoax → 1880 Sc.
► LEG PULL an attempt to mislead or deceive others in a playful way or as a joke; a trick or hoax → 1893
► MAGOO, THE a lie, a trick, a hoax → 1930s US sl.
► ONE a joke on, an act of teasing; a hoax → M19 sl.
► PRAT a hoax, a deception, a confidence trick → 1960s African-American sl.
► PUSHOVER a trick; a hoax → 1930s US sl.
► PUT-ON a joke, a hoax → M19 sl.
► QUEER a hoax, a confidence trick → M18 sl.
► RACKET a swindle or a means of deception; criminal trickery; hoaxing; a trick, dodge, scheme, game, line of business or action → 1812 sl.
► SKIT a trick; a hoax; a practical joke → 1815 chiefly Eng. dial.
► SKITE a trick; a hoax; a practical joke → 1804 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► SPOOF a hoax, a confidence trick → 1884 sl.
► SPOOFERY trickery, hoaxing → L19 sl.
► STRING a hoax; a discredited story → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
► STRINGER a hoax or trick → 1851 US sl.
► TAKE-IN a cheat, swindle, deception; a hoax, a fraud → 1778 colloq.

NOUNS – PERSON
► CODDER a teaser, a hoaxer → M19 sl. 
► FAKER a hoaxer → 1892 sl.
► GAGGEE one who is hoaxed or deceived → 1819 Sc.
► GAGGER one who cheats or hoaxes; a confidence trickster, esp. when telling ‘sob-stories’ or posing as a deaf-mute → 1781 sl.
► HUMMER one who hoaxes; a humbugger → 1763 obs.
► LEG-PULLER someone who mocks or teases another; one who plays a trick or hoax → 1887
► MOOSHE-MAN a confidence trickster; a hoaxer → 1943 W. Indies
► PUT-ON ARTIST a hoaxer, a tease → 1930s US sl. 

PHRASES
► DON’T TAKE ANY RUBBER NICKELS beware of being defrauded or hoaxed → 1936 sl., orig. US
► DON’T TAKE ANY WOODEN MONEY beware of being defrauded or hoaxed → 1922 sl., orig. US
► DON’T TAKE ANY WOODEN NICKELS beware of being defrauded or hoaxed → 1927 sl., orig. US

VERBS
► BAM to hoax, to practice on the credulity of; to deceive, to delude, to impose upon, to play a joke or trick on a person→ 1738 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► BAMBLUSTERATE ► BAMBLUSTERCATE to hoax or confuse in a noisy manner → 19C sl.
► BLAGUE to tell lies in jest; to hoax, to humbug → 1883
► CHUNE to tease, to hoax, to deceive → 1990 S. Afr. sl.
► COD ► CODD to tease, to hoax → M19 sl.
► COME THE ABDABS ► COME THE OLD ABDABS to hoax, to fool, to ‘tell the tale’ → 1969 sl.
► FILL ► FILL UP to hoax or mislead → 1880 Amer. sl.
► FIND AN ELEPHANT IN THE MOON, TO to hoax oneself; to discover a mare’s nest → 1922 (Bk.)
► GAFFLE to hoax, to deceive → 1970s US sl.
► GAG to cheat, to act fraudulently, to deceive, to hoax → 1781 sl.
► GAMBETTER to deceive, to hoax → L19 sl.
► GAMMET to play, to frolic, to amuse oneself; to play off practical jokes; to deceive, to hoax, to take in → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GAMMON to stuff with ridiculous nonsense; to flatter, to humbug, to deceive, to hoax → 1812 colloq.
► GEGG to hoax, to play a trick on → 1826 Sc.
► GIVE THE RIBSTEAK to ‘kid’, to hoax, to joke with, to tease → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GIVE THE ROAST BEEF RARE to ‘kid’, to hoax, to joke with, to tease → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GREEN to make to appear ‘green’, simple, or gullible; to hoax, to humbug, to take in → 1884 sl.
► GUY to hoax, to trick, to put on → 1890 Amer. sl.
► HAVE SOMEONE ON to tease, to hoax, to engage someone’s attention with the longer term intention of deceiving them; to swindle, to cheat → M19 sl.
► HORSE to trick or deceive; to swindle; also, to hoax, to bluff, to flatter, to lie to → 1891 US sl.
► HUMBUG to trick and make a jest of; to impose upon, to hoax, to delude → 1750
► JOSH to hoax or tease, esp. good-naturedly; to joke, to fool → 1852 Amer. sl.
► KIDDY to hoax, to humbug, to subject to confidence trickery → M19 sl.
► PULL SOMEONE’S LEG to good-naturedly hoax or deceive someone → 1888 UK sl.
► PULL SOMEONE’S PISSER to make fun of someone or something; to mock, to tease; to good-naturedly hoax or deceive someone → 1969 Brit. sl.
► PULL SOMEONE’S TIT to good-naturedly hoax or deceive someone; to make a fool of someone → 1959 Aust. sl.
► PUT ONESELF AWAY to pretend; to hoax → 1930s sl.
► PUT ON THE SHAM to carry out a lie or hoax → 1960s Amer. sl.
► PUT THE BUG ON to trick or hoax; to get an advantage over somebody by tricky means → 1848 Amer. dial.
► RIG to deceive by way of a joke or trick; to hoax → 1732 colloq.
► RISE TO THE FLY to be taken in by a hoax; to be deceived → 1884
► RUN A DRAG ON to deceive, to trick, to hoax → 1980s African-American sl.
► SCHLENT to double-cross; to hoax; to be evasive → 1920s sl.
► SELL SOMEONE A PACKET to hoax, to deceive; to lie → L18 sl.
► SMOKE to ‘kid’, to hoax, to joke with, to tease → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SPOOF to fool; to hoax; to tease → 1889 sl.
► STRING to fool or hoax; to deceive, to dupe → 1812 sl., chiefly US
► TAKE IN to deceive, to cheat, to trick, to impose upon, to hoax → 1740 colloq.
► WHOOF ► OOF to ‘kid’, to hoax, to joke with, to tease → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► WORK A SLANTER to defraud, to hoax, to play a confidence trick on → L19 sl.