<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>charades, (used with a singular verb) a game in which the players are typically divided into two teams, members of which take turns at acting out in pantomime a word, phrase, title, etc., which the members of their own team must guess</li><li>a word or phrase acted out in this game</li><li>a blatant pretense or deception, especially something so full of pretense as to be a travesty</li></ul>