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s | hoax |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a verb hoax is

to deceive (someone) by making them believe something which has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated (scam).

As a noun hoax is

anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick.

s

Translingual

{{Basic Latin character info, previous=r, next=t, image= (wikipedia s)

Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    hoax

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • To deceive (someone) by making them believe something which has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated. (scam)

    • Derived terms

    * hoaxer * hoaxster (rare)

    Noun

    (es)
  • Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick.

    • Synonyms

    * (deliberately false story or report) canard

    Derived terms

    * (deliberately false story or report) hoaxical, Hoaxocaust