Charades
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Charades is a noun meaning plural of charade.
Meaning
plural of charade.
More Meanings
- 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.
- third-person singular simple present indicative of charade
Example Sentences
[…] it looked like a house where they played charades, where there would be long streamers of evergreen and dozens of wreaths of holly at Christmas-time, where there were tearful, happy weddings and great throwings of rice after little brides […]
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include takeoff, burlesque, spoof, parody, sendup, travesty.
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