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The correct spelling is charade.
How to pronounce charade
noun
IPA: /ʃəˈɹeɪd/
Say it like: Cha-rad-e
The correct spelling is charade. A genre of riddles where the clues to the answer are descriptions or puns on its syllables, with a final clue to the whole. For example: "This whole charade is absurd."
Usage Examples
“This whole charade is absurd.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A genre of riddles where the clues to the answer are descriptions or puns on its syllables, with a final clue to the whole.
- 2.A single round of the game charades, an acted form of the earlier riddles.
- 3.A play resembling the game charades, particularly due to poor acting.
- 4.A deception or pretense, originally an absurdly obvious one but now in general use.
verb
- 1.To act out a charade (of); to gesture; to pretend.
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