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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Prob. contr. fr.

hocus

, in

hocus-pocus

A deception for mockery or mischief; a deceptive trick or story; a practical joke.

Macaulay.

Verb.

[

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.

Noun.

Something done for deception or mockery; a trick played off in sport.

Verb.

To deceive; to play a trick upon for sport, or without malice. [A colloquial word, but not elegant.]