hoax
noun
something intended to deceive or defraud.
was hoaxing
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past progressiveof hoax.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Mitford was hoaxing you surely about my Engraving, 'tis a little sixpenny thing, too like by half, in which the draughtsman has done his best to avoid flattery.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 by Mary Lamb
I thought the old man was hoaxing me when he told me that she was beautiful.
From Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall by Charles Major
It is only fair to state that the doctor in the following tale was hoaxing the "dragoon."
From Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 by Charles James Lever
His friend watched the lips of the other passengers to see who was hoaxing them.
From Chicken Little Jane by Lily Munsell Ritchie
Williams looked at her doubtingly, and still feared she was hoaxing him.
From A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties by Charles Major
