cha·rade (sh -r d )n. 1. Games a. charades (used with a sing. or pl. verb) A game in which words or phrases are represented in pantomime, sometimes syllable by syllable, until they are guessed by the other players. b. An episode in this game or a word or phrase so represented. 2. A readily perceived pretense; a travesty: went through the charade of a public apology. [French, probably from Provençal charrado, chat, from charra, to chat, chatter, perhaps from Italian ciarlare.] |
charades [ʃəˈrɑːdz]
n
(Group Games / Games, other than specified) (functioning as singular) a parlour game in which one team acts out each syllable of a word, the other team having to guess the word
[from French charade entertainment, from Provençal charrado chat, from charra chatter, of imitative origin]
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| Noun | 1. |  charades - player acts out a phrase for others to guessguessing game - a game in which participants compete to identify some obscurely indicated thing charade - a word acted out in an episode of the game of charades |
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