noun

1. a word or phrase acted out or described as in verse, for others to guess
2. a game in which two teams compete to see which can most quickly guess a group of words or phrases chosen by the other team and acted out in pantomime, often syllable by syllable, by the members of their own
3. a pretense or fiction that can be seen through readily; travesty

Etymology: Fr < Prov charrada < charrar, to gossip, chatter: orig. echoic