charades

British

/ ʃəˈrɑːdz /

noun

(functioning as singular) a parlour game in which one team acts out each syllable of a word, the other team having to guess the word

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Etymology

Origin of charades

C18: from French charade entertainment, from Provençal charrado chat, from charra chatter, of imitative origin

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