Meaning & use
Charades
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A game in which players act out words or phrases without speaking, while others try to guess what is being represented.
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The whole family played charades after dinner, laughing at each other's wild gestures.
He mimed flapping wings so enthusiastically during charades that everyone guessed 'bird' instantly.
A note on using this word
Used figuratively, 'a charade' can describe a transparently false pretense, as in 'the negotiations were a charade.'
Another way to use it
2. noun
An absurd or transparent pretense, especially one intended to deceive.
The company's promise of reform turned out to be a charade.
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