hunt-the-gowk

hunt-the-gowk: huntˈ-the-gowk noun (Scot)

1. The making of an April fool

2. (also huntˈiegowk) a fool's errand, a deception or a hoax, appropriate to the First of April

transitive verb

To make an April fool of

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