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

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  1. n. A deception for mockery or mischief; a deceptive trick or story; a practical joke.
  2. v. t. To deceive by a story or a trick, for sport or mischief; to impose upon sportively.
  3. n. something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
  4. v. subject to a playful hoax or joke
  5. A deception for mockery or mischief; a deceptive trick or story; a practical joke. Macaulay. To deceive by a story or a trick, for sport or mischief; to impose upon sportively. Lamb.
  6. A deception for mockery or mischief; a deceptive trick orstory; a practical joke. Macaulay.
  7. v:5/n:95 v. subject to a playful hoax or joke