Charade Definition

shə-rād
noun
A word or phrase acted out or described as in verse, for others to guess.
Webster's New World
A game in which two teams compete to see which can more 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.
Webster's New World
A pretense or fiction that can be seen through readily; travesty.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Charade

Noun

Singular:
charade
Plural:
charades

Origin of Charade

  • French probably from Provençal charrado chat from charra to chat, chatter perhaps from Italian ciarlare

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowing from French charade, of disputed origin.

    From Wiktionary

Charade Sentence Examples

  • Create charade topics based on the holiday season.

  • I might not be able to prove your involvement in this little charade but I bet I can ask some embarrassing questions.

  • He was going to continue the charade.

  • So maybe now you can stop this whole charade and introduce us to someone who is in charge.

  • It was nice to have the extra attention, but this charade with psudopregnancy was uncomfortable.

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