English Explanatory Dictionary

charades

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. plural of charade
noun
  1. A game in which each player acts out a word or phrase, usually based on puns of each syllable and without speaking, for the others to guess.
verb
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of charade

Word forms

charades

Etymology

See charade. As a game, originally a clipped form of acting charades or, without talking, dumb charades but now usually understood as a plurale tantum.

Synonyms

acting charades dumb charades
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