charades

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a team game in which each member tries to communicate to the others a particular word or phrase that they have been given, by expressing each syllable or word using silent actions:

Our family used to love playing charades.

During a game of charades, he pretended to be a lion.

We had a game of charades with a movie theme.

It was Charles' birthday, and he invited us over for an evening of cake and charades.

Guests could be heard playing charades in the next room.

a team game in which each member tries to communicate to others of his or her team a particular word or phrase while staying silent and using only actions to represent the sounds or meanings