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charade

[ shuh-reyd; especially British shuh-rahd ]

noun

  1. charades, (used with a singular verb) a game in which the players are typically divided into two teams, members of which take turns at acting out in pantomime a word, phrase, title, etc., which the members of their own team must guess.
  2. a word or phrase acted out in this game.
  3. a blatant pretense or deception, especially something so full of pretense as to be a travesty.


charade

/ ʃəˈ°ùÉ‘Ë»å /

noun

  1. an episode or act in the game of charades
  2. an absurd act; travesty
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of charade1

1770–80; < French < ±Ê°ù´Ç±¹±ð²Ôç²¹±ô charrad ( o ) entertainment, equivalent to charr ( á ) to chat, chatter (from imitative root) + -ado -ade 1
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Now that the athletes are being paid through NIL and other means, it’s time to end the charade and divest the athletics from the academics.

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David Patrick Kelly as King Sextimus the Silent spends much of his stage time engaged in a series of charades.

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