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Charades   /ʃərˈeɪdz/   Listen
Charades

noun
1.
Player acts out a phrase for others to guess.


Charade

noun
1.
A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way.  Synonyms: burlesque, lampoon, mockery, parody, pasquinade, put-on, sendup, spoof, takeoff, travesty.
2.
A word acted out in an episode of the game of charades.





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"Charades" Quotes from Famous Books



... the sports of the afternoon with two charades. The older people were the spectators, the ...
— Christmas with Grandma Elsie • Martha Finley
... Burne, "I'm not in a humour to guess conundrums and charades; speak out, man. What do ...
— Yussuf the Guide - The Mountain Bandits; Strange Adventure in Asia Minor • George Manville Fenn
... moved away she taught the girls charades, and then little plays, and a theatrical performance was given in ...
— Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 2 of 14 - Little Journeys To the Homes of Famous Women • Elbert Hubbard
... there ever since they went on poor Emily's account. They did not like to leave the place where she died you see; and Lady Tyrrell had joined them after her husband's death. Such a pleasant house! no regular gaieties, of course, but a few friends in a quiet way—music and charades, and so forth. Every one knew everybody there; not a bit of our stiff county ways, but meeting all day long ...
— The Three Brides • Charlotte M. Yonge
... evening you will join in the dumb charades, and play hide-and-seek in the garden, all among ...
— The Golden Calf • M. E. Braddon


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