charade
A single round of the game charades, an acted form of the earlier riddlesA single round of the game charades, an acted form of the earlier riddles.
» Tom isn't good at playing charades.
Tom kann nicht gut Farcen spielen.
Том плохо играет в шарады.
Meaning
5 senses(uncommon)A single round of the game charades, an acted form of the earlier riddles.
Scharade, pantomimisches Rätsel, Scharade
шара́даšaráda
a word acted out in an episode of the game of charades
A deception or pretense, originally an absurdly obvious one but now in general use.
This whole charade is absurd.
Scharade, Farce, Affentheater
A form of wordplay where several words are placed together to form a new word or part thereof.
(archaic)A genre of riddles where the clues to the answer are descriptions or puns on its syllables, with a final clue to the whole.
(obsolete)A play resembling the game charades, particularly due to poor acting.
Examples
9 sentencesTom isn't good at playing charades.
ruТом плохо играет в шарады.
deTom kann nicht gut Farcen spielen.
I can't continue with this charade.
When are you stopping this charade?
Let's have fun and play charades.
I'm not going to participate in this charade.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From French charade, charrade (“prattle, idle conversation; a kind of riddle”), probably fFrom French charade, charrade (“prattle, idle conversation; a kind of riddle”), probably from Occitan charrada (“conversation; chatter”), from charrar (“to chat; to chatter”) + -ada. As a round of the game, originally a clipping of acting charade but now usually understood and formed as a back-formation from charades.
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Forms
plural: charadesSynonyms
5 synonyms- making a false outward show:masquerade