charade
🇺🇸
/ʃəˈreɪd/
🇬🇧
/ʃəˈrɑːd/
noun
R
a situation where people pretend something is different from what it really is
The whole event was a charade, and everyone knew it but pretended otherwise.
R
a game where one person acts out a word or title, and others try to guess it
At the party, we played charades, and it was a lot of fun trying to guess the movie titles.
translation
a situation where people pretend something is different from what it really is; a game where one person acts out a word or title, and others try to guess it
Word Forms
Plural
charades