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UK
/ʃɐɹˈɑːdz/
]
[ US /ʃɝˈeɪdz/ ]
[ US /ʃɝˈeɪdz/ ]
NOUN
- guessing game in which one player pantomimes a word or phrase for others to guess
How To Use charades In A Sentence
- Playing Cranium feels like playing charades, Pictionary, Trivial Pursuit, Name That Tune and hangman all at once.
- Moll took a moment to try to decipher it, feeling like she was playing an odd parlour game of charades.
- There was a lawn tennis court and eleven indoor staff, there was fishing and shooting, and adventures for the children, with tree houses and charades; a family orchestra and dressing up in clothes from the huge dressing-up cupboard on wet days. Mrs. Miniver
- And they came to the beautiful house and made merry, played "guessing words" -- what we call charades, quite a new thing then -- and it made no end of merriment. A Little Girl in Old Salem
- The evening ended with a game of charades with some very unusual and funny pub names to guess.
- During their stay, children will have complementary use of the Fun in Safe Hands Club, which includes activities such as water games, a video club, charades, make and do, painting and competitions.
- They played all sorts of games: cards, draughts, and even charades.
- the standing woman shouted, with that panicky maddened body language you use when people aren't getting it in charades. PROSPECT HILL
- There weren't many people over, but we had a good game of poker, a good game of charades, and very good champagne at midnight.
- Hollywood types play a variation called running charades, which is like a charades relay race, running from room to room. The Swell Dressed Party