Word: charade
Phonetic:
/ʃəˈɹeɪd/Listen:
A 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. Example: This whole charade is absurd.
To act out a charade (of); to gesture; to pretend.
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