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charade
cha·rade C0247200 (shə-rād′)n.1. Games a. charades(used with a sing. or pl. verb) A game in which words or phrases are represented in pantomime, sometimes syllable by syllable, until they are guessed by the other players.b. An episode in this game or a word or phrase so represented.2. A readily perceived pretense; a travesty: went through the charade of a public apology.
[French, probably from Provençal charrado, chat, from charra, to chat, chatter, perhaps from Italian ciarlare.]charade (ʃəˈrɑːd) n1. (Games, other than specified) an episode or act in the game of charades2. chiefly Brit an absurd act; travestycha•rade (ʃəˈreɪd; esp. Brit. ʃəˈrɑd)
n. 1. charades, (used with a sing. v.) a game in which players act out in pantomime a word, phrase, title, etc., often syllable by syllable, for members of their team to guess. 2. a word or phrase acted out in pantomime. 3. a blatant pretense or deception; travesty. [1770–80; < French < Occitan charrado entertainment =charr(á) to chat, chatter (of expressive orig.) + -ado -ade1] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  charade - a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous wayparody, pasquinade, put-on, sendup, spoof, lampoon, mockery, burlesque, travesty, takeoffcaricature, impersonation, imitation - a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect | | 2. | charade - a word acted out in an episode of the game of charadescharades - player acts out a phrase for others to guessword - a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning" |
charadenoun pretence, farce, parody, pantomime, fake They went through an elaborate charade of pretending they had never met before.charadenounThe presentation of something false as true:make-believe, pretense.Translationscharade (ʃəˈraːd) , ((American) ʃəˈreid) noun a piece of ridiculous pretence which is so obvious that it does not deceive anyone. 明顯騙人的藉口 易识破的借口chaˈrades noun singular a game in which each syllable of a word, and then the whole word, is acted and the audience has to guess the word. 比手劃腳猜英語字遊戲 动作字谜游戏（一种看手势猜字谜游戏） charade
charade (shərād`), verbal, written, or acted representation of a word, its syllables, or a number of words. The object is to guess the idea being conveyed. Winthrop M. PraedPraed, Winthrop Mackworth
, 1802–39, English poet and essayist. A Conservative member of Parliament (1830–32, 1834–39) and an accomplished political satirist, he is best remembered for his graceful light verse—"Letter of Advice," "Molly Mog"—and his
..... Click the link for more information. wrote many of the well-known charades, and a good description of the acted charade is found in Thackeray's Vanity Fair. In the United States a charade acted in pantomime and having a set time limit was popular in the 1930s and 40s and remains a form of home amusement.Charade a type of riddle. In a charade, a word is divided, usually syllabically, into two or more parts, each of which has its own meaning, for example, vino (“wine”) + grad (“city” or “hail”) for vinograd (“grapes”), or sem’ (“seven”) + ia (“I”) for sem’ia (“family”). Each of the component words is described in the manner of periphrasis. Practically unknown in folklore, charades originated when writing made word division visually recognizable. They were especially popular in salons in the 17th and 18th centuries, read as poems or acted out. An anonymous example of a charade follows. Edva primetnyi cherv’, no dlia mekhov opasnyi Est’ pervoe moe. Znak v azbuke bezglasnyi— Vtoroe. A poet i komik-charodei Est’ tseloesharady sei (Mol’-er). A worm that’s barely noticeable but dangerous to furs Is my first part. A mute symbol in the alphabet Is the second. And a poet and comic wizard Is the whole of this charade. (Mol’ [”moth”] + er [a silent letter in Old Russian] = Mol’er [Molière].) charade an episode or act in the game of charades CHARADE
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Synonyms for charadenoun pretenceSynonyms- pretence
- farce
- parody
- pantomime
- fake
Synonyms for charadenoun the presentation of something false as trueSynonymsSynonyms for charadenoun a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous waySynonyms- parody
- pasquinade
- put-on
- sendup
- spoof
- lampoon
- mockery
- burlesque
- travesty
- takeoff
Related Words- caricature
- impersonation
- imitation
noun a word acted out in an episode of the game of charadesRelated Words |