charade
charades, (used with a singular verb) a game in which the players are typically divided into two teams, members of which take turns at acting out in pantomime a word, phrase, title, etc., which the members of their own team must guess.
a word or phrase acted out in this game.
a blatant pretense or deception, especially something so full of pretense as to be a travesty.
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How to use charade in a sentence
The company that brought us the cult-classic board game Exploding Kittens now has a new and improved take on charades.
You may not resolve that years-old rift with your sibling, but you may thaw the ice over a campfire or a game of charades.
Hospitals had been accepting bribes from the disinfectant’s manufacturer, and the government knew about the whole charade.
Oscar-Nominated Documentary Collective Is a Gripping Story of Investigative Journalism | Stephanie Zacharek | March 24, 2021 | TimeOther options include Jackbox, a popular virtual party game in which players sign in to an app to play games reminiscent of charades or Pictionary.
The Zoom-fatigued person’s guide to connecting virtually on Thanksgiving | Tanya Basu | November 24, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewThe vaudeville veteran sees right through this charade of benighted widowhood, peeling back the veneer to reveal the specimen of ruthless ambition beneath.
If the Democrats maintain this charade, 2016 will not be the cakewalk they dream it to be.
What I mean is that both sides found time to put on a charade.
Obama and Latinos Are at the Breaking Point | Ruben Navarrette Jr. | July 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFinally, she reached a point where she could no longer continue the charade.
Fred Phelps’s Son Is the Subject of a Documentary About His Abusive Childhood and Escaping Westboro Baptist | Caitlin Dickson | June 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDemocrats, do the American thing and have nothing to do with this charade.
If this is all a hoax, Detweiler is a master of the charade.
The Mystery of FluteDrop: D.J. Detweiler Pairs Miley Cyrus With Woodwinds | Gideon Resnick | March 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut I know what it is, I'm in love—that confounded charade put me up to that dodge.
Frank Fairlegh | Frank E. SmedleyHe looked on hopelessly, as you look at a charade of which you have not got the key.
My New Curate | P.A. SheehanIndeed, the Far Eastern state of things is a kind of charade on the word; for humanity there is singularly uniform.
The Soul of the Far East | Percival LowellThe last charade party had not been held in their parlors, they congratulated themselves.
The Squirrel-Cage | Dorothy CanfieldThe charade is of recent birth, and I cannot discover the origin of this species of logogriphes.
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3) | Isaac D'Israeli
British Dictionary definitions for charade
/ (ʃəˈrɑːd) /
an episode or act in the game of charades
mainly British an absurd act; travesty
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