hoaxer
/ˈhəʊksə(r)/noun
उच्चारण होक्सर
झाँसेबाज़, झूठी खबर या चेतावनी फैलाने वाला
Core word
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a person who tricks people with a hoax, for example by giving a false warning or spreading a false story
झाँसेबाज़, झूठी खबर या चेतावनी फैलाने वाला
- Police traced the hoaxer who made the fake bomb call to the airport.
- The hoaxer sent fake emails to hundreds of schools.
- The hoaxer was caught and fined by the court.
+ 2 more examples
- A hoaxer sent a false message about a flood warning.
- Police warned that hoaxers would be punished severely.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
a hoaxer (countable noun)
A hoaxer is a person who plays a hoax on others.
'Hoaxer' वह व्यक्ति है जो दूसरों के साथ धोखे भरी चाल चलता है।
- The police are searching for the hoaxer.
- The hoaxer sent the same false message to hundreds of people.
hoaxer + who-clause
A who-clause explains what the hoaxer did.
Who-clause बताता है कि hoaxer ने क्या किया।
- The hoaxer who phoned the airport was traced within hours.
catch / trace / expose a hoaxer
These verbs describe finding the person behind a false claim.
ये क्रियाएँ झूठे दावे के पीछे के व्यक्ति को खोजने का वर्णन करती हैं।
- Officers traced the hoaxer through the phone number.
hoaxers (plural)
Add -s for the plural; the verb then agrees with a plural subject.
बहुवचन के लिए -s लगता है; तब क्रिया भी बहुवचन होती है।
- Hoaxers often pretend to be officials.
hoaxer vs fraudster
A hoaxer often wants to fool or frighten people; a fraudster tricks people to gain money.
'Hoaxer' प्रायः लोगों को मूर्ख बनाना या डराना चाहता है; 'fraudster' धन पाने के लिए धोखा देता है।
- The hoaxer wanted panic; the fraudster wanted their savings.
+Collocations 5
adjective + hoaxer
anonymouscruelpersistentonlineunknown
- An anonymous hoaxer sent the false warning.
verb + hoaxer
catchtracearrestidentifywarn against
- Police identified the hoaxer from the call records.
hoaxer + verb
phonepretendfoolspreadconfess
- The hoaxer confessed that it was meant as a joke.
hoaxer + noun phrase
hoaxer behind the callhoaxer behind the pagehoaxer in the school
- Nobody knew the hoaxer behind the page.
hoaxer + motive
for funfor attentionfor moneyout of spite
- The hoaxer did it for attention and nothing else.
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- The hoaxer claimed that the board had cancelled the examination.
धोखेबाज़ ने दावा किया कि बोर्ड ने परीक्षा रद्द कर दी है।
- A teenage hoaxer was caught after sending false messages to the police.
पुलिस को झूठे संदेश भेजने के बाद एक किशोर धोखेबाज़ पकड़ा गया।
- The hoaxer enjoyed seeing people panic over his fake alert.
धोखेबाज़ को अपनी झूठी चेतावनी से लोगों को घबराते देखकर आनंद आता था।
- Hoaxers were behind the rumour about salt shortage in the city.
शहर में नमक की कमी की अफ़वाह के पीछे ऐसे ही धोखेबाज़ों का हाथ था।
- The school asked students to report any hoaxer who spread false notices.
विद्यालय ने विद्यार्थियों से झूठी सूचना फैलाने वाले किसी भी व्यक्ति की सूचना देने को कहा।
- It took the cyber cell two days to find the hoaxer.
साइबर सेल को धोखेबाज़ का पता लगाने में दो दिन लगे।
- No one suspected that a classmate was the hoaxer.
किसी को संदेह नहीं था कि कक्षा का ही एक साथी धोखेबाज़ है।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ The hoaxer have been arrested.
✓ The hoaxer has been arrested.
A singular subject needs has, not have.
एकवचन कर्ता के साथ 'has' आता है, 'have' नहीं।