charade
Phonetic
US /ʃəˈreɪd/UK /ʃəˈrɑːd/
Translations
NOUNA genre of riddles where the clues to the answer are descriptions or puns on its syllables, with a final clue to the whole., A single round of the game charades, an acted form of the earlier riddles., A play resembling the game charades, particularly due to poor acting., A deception or pretense, originally an absurdly obvious one but now in general use.
VERBTo act out a charade (of); to gesture; to pretend.
Variants
- charades: Third Person Singular, Plural
- charading: Present Participle
- charaded: Past Participle, Past Tense
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