Meaning

1 senses

  1. To act out a charade (of); to gesture; to pretend.

Examples

9 sentences

  1. Tom isn't good at playing charades.

    ruТом плохо играет в шарады. — marafon

    deTom kann nicht gut Farcen spielen. — martikkk

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  2. I can't continue with this charade.

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  3. When are you stopping this charade?

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  4. Let's have fun and play charades.

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  5. I'm not going to participate in this charade.

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Origin

From French charade, charrade (“prattle, idle conversation; a kind of riddle”), probably f

From 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

charades, charading, charaded, charaded
Base formcharade · to charade
3rd person singularcharades
Present participlecharading
Past simplecharaded
Past participlecharaded

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycharade
he, she, itcharades

Past simpleLesson

all personscharaded

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave charaded
he, she, ithas charaded

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill charade

Word family

1 related words
Derivedcharader

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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