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Charades
see synonyms of charadesNoun
1. charades
player acts out a phrase for others to guess
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Charades
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(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
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Charades
see synonyms of charadesn.
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.
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