- plural of charade.
charades
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of charades
C18: from French charade entertainment, from Provençal charrado chat, from charra chatter, of imitative origin
Example Sentences
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Charades are foolproof: No sooner does a character overhear some false information than they are instantly bamboozled.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2023
When it’s more comfortable inside than out, when you’ve streamed all there is to stream, try a game of Charades or Celebrity, low-tech entertainment requiring just your wits and a few rules.
From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2022
Charades, board games and such were the entertainment, and “they would have people there like Fred Astaire just hanging around. And Burt Reynolds. My gosh, there were just so many,” Burnett said.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 3, 2021
And then you can do things like Charades and Hangman.
From Slate • Jun. 25, 2020
Charades at least might go over well, as long as the tableaux did not involve any reference to small, bushy-tailed animals that stored nuts in their cheeks.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
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