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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She knew he was hoaxing, and dabbed at her eyes again.
From Death of a Spaceman by Ernest Schroeder
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
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
His friend watched the lips of the other passengers to see who was hoaxing them.
From Chicken Little Jane by Lily Munsell Ritchie
I strained my eyes in the quarter indicated, without, however, making any discoveries, and with a strong disposition to think the Old Boy was hoaxing me.
From The Captive in Patagonia by Benjamin Franklin Bourne
